Discrete Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics
1 + 3 + 5 + ... + 2n – 1 = n2
(c) Which elements of the poset 2, 4,5,10,12, 20, 25, ,| are maximal and
minimal?
(d) What is the general solution of a linear homogeneous recurrence relation if
its characteristic equation has the roots 1, 2, 2, 5, 5, 7?
(e) A survey shows that 76% of the Indians like oranges, where as 62% like
bananas. What percentage of the Indians like both oranges and bananas?
(f) What is the generating functions of the sequences,
{a n}; a n = n + 1?
(g) Examine whether the graph G given below is bipartite.
(h) Prove that a simple graph is bipartite if an only if it is possible to assign one
of two different colors to each vertex of the graph so that no two adjacent
vertices are assigned the same colour.
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(i) What is the chromatic number of a cyclic graph?
(j) Draw all the spanning trees of the following graph.
(k) Define a complete m– ary tree. Construct a complete binary tree of height 3.
(l) Evaluate the number of edges of a binary tree with 10 vertices.
(m) Prove that the identity element of a Sub Group is the same as that of the
group.
(n) Prove the following statement: The intersection of any two subgroup of a
group (G,*) is again a subgroup of (G,*).
(o) Define Hamming Distance. What is the distance between x and y if
x=11001110, y= 00010100.
PART - B
2. Answer any two: [7 x 2]
(a) Show that the following argument is valid. “If today is Tuesday, I have a
test in Mathematics or Economics. If my Economics Professor is sick I will
not have a test in Economics. Today is Tuesday and my Economics
Professor is sick. Therefore, I have a test in Mathematics.
(b) Show that pq and (pq) (qp) are equivalent.
(c) Using Warshall’s algorithm, compute the adjacency matrix of the transitive
closure of the digraph given below:
an 6 an 1 9 an 2 n 2 1 3n
(b) In a class of 40 students, 13 have taken mathematics, 9 have taken
mathematics but not Biology. Find the number of students who have taken
mathematics and Biology and those who have taken Biology but not
Mathematics.
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(b) State Dijkstra’s Algorithm. Using Dijkstra’s Algorithm find the shortest
path from the vertex a to the vertex z of the following weighted graph.
(c) Write down Fleury’s algorithm and using it find the Euler circuits of the
following graphs
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6. Answer the followings: [7 x 2]
(a) Prove that two left cosets of a subgroup (H, *) of a group (G, *) are either
disjoint or identical.
e(000) 0000000
e(001) 0010110
e(010) 0101000
e(011) 0111110
e(100) 1000101
e(101) 1010011
e(110) 1101101
e(111) 1111011
Is a group code.
CO1 Q.1(a),(b),(c)+Q.2(a),(b),(c) 27
CO2 Q.1(d),(e),(f)+Q.3(a),(b),(c) 27
CO3 Q.1(g),(h),(i)+Q.4(a),(b),(c) 27
CO4 Q.1(j),(k),(l)+Q.5(a),(b) 20
CO5 Q.1(m),(n),(o)+Q.6 20