THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

Department of Applied Mathematics

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Applied Mathematics 2415 Final Examination

Sunday, April 10, 2011 Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm

There are 13 questions for a total of 100 marks. Show all your work. Unjustified
answers will receive little or no credit. No text books or notes allowed. Only
scientific non-programmable calculators permitted. All answers should be written on
the Exam sheets. Be careful to indicate which question is being answered if you
continue the question on the back of a page.

Problem # Marks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

total
. .
1. (5 marks ) Solve the initial value problem by finding the eigenvalues and eigen vectors of the
matrix A.
X = AX (1)
where !
2 4
A=
1 6

and !
1
X(0) =
6
2. (10 marks) x = 0 is a regular singular point of the differential equation

2xy + 5y + xy = 0 (2)

Show that the indicial roots of the singularity do not differ by an integer and use the method of
Frobenius to write the form of two linearly independent series solutions about x = 0. NOTE:
You do not need to find the coefficients of the terms in the series solutions just
the form.
3. (10 marks) Expand the given function, f (x), in an odd Fourier series. You must find the
coefficients.
f (x) = x, 0 < x < (3)
4. (5 marks) Find the volume of the region above the area 0 < x < 1 , 0 < y < x and under the
surface z = 1 x2 .
5. (5 marks) Evaluate Z Z
e(|x|+|y|)dA
R2

where R2 is the entire xy plane.

6. (10 marks) Find the area of the region in the first quadrant bounded by the curves xy = 1,
xy = 4, y = x, y = 2x, by using an appropriate change of variables.
7. (10 marks) Find Z Z Z
xdV
V
where V is the volume of the tetrahedron bounded by the planes x = 1, y = 1, z = 1 and
x + y + z = 2.
8. (10 marks)Find Z Z Z
(x2 + y 2 + z 2 )dV
R

where R is the region that lies above the cone z = x2 + y 2 and inside the sphere x2 +y 2 +z 2 =
4.
9. ( 5 marks ) Show that the following vector field is conservative and find its scalar potential.
~ = 2x i + 2y j + x2 +y2 k
F z z z
 ~ , F,
10. (5 marks ) Calculate F ~ and F,
~ for F
~ = ex i + exy j + exyz k.
11. (5 marks)Evaluate the line integral Z
ez dS
C
t t
where C is the curve ~r = e cos(t)i + e sin tj + tk for 0 t 2.
12. (10 marks) Use Stokes Theorem to evaluate
I
ydx xdy + z 2 dz
C

where C is the curve of intersection between the paraboloid cylinder z = y 2 and the regular
cylinder x2 + y 2 = 4 oriented counterclockwise as seen from a point high on the z-axis.
13. (10 marks) Use the Divergence Theorem to calculate the flux of the vector field F~ = x2 i +
2 2 2 2
y j + z k outward across the boundary of the cylinder x + x = 16 for 0 z 4.
 Useful results:

Z Z
udv = uv vdu

Z
u sin u du = sin u u cos u + C.

Z
u cos u du = cos u + u sin u + C.

Z Z
n n
u cos(u)du = u sin(u) n un1 sin(u)du

Z Z
un sin(u)du = un cos(u) + n un1 cos(u)du

Z
ln u du = u ln u u + C.

Flux of a vector field across an oriented surface:

Z Z
F lux = ~ n dS
F
S

The Divergence Theorem:

Z Z Z Z Z
~ dV =
F ~ n dS S closed
F
V S

Stokess Theorem: I Z Z
~ d~r =
F ~ n dS
F
C S
.