THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING & TECHNOLOGY

COMP20011: APPLIED MATHEMATICS & GRAPHICS

Date: Wednesday 19 May 2004

Time: 9.15 a.m. – 11.15 a..m.

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Answer two questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

Calculators are allowed for this paper.

Selected formulae are included at the back of the paper.

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1. a) There are two vectors in three-dimensional space with the following directions
a = (2, 0, -2); b = (0, -7, -9).

(i) Show that a . b = 18

(ii) Show that a ∧b = –14i + 18j – 14 k
(iii) Find |a| and |b|
(iv) Find the angle between the two vectors a and b.
(v) Find the unit vector perpendicular to a and b.
(10 marks)
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b) In Figure 1, |SU|=|UQ|, PQ= SR=2a, SP=TV=b, angle VTR=30° and angle
RVT=90°.

Q R
V T
b
2a U 2a

P b S
Figure 1.

Find in terms of a and b:

(i) SQ
(ii) UQ
(iii) QR
(iv) UR
(v) TR
(vi) UV
(8 marks)

2 2 
c) A transformation M is represented by the matrix M =  3 7  .
 
(i) Find the image of the point (3,-1) under M.
(ii) Find the inverse of M.
(iii) Given that the point (-4,4) is the image of the point (a,b) under M,
find the values of a and b.
(iv) Find, in terms of α , the image of the point (α ,3α ) under M.
(v) Given the result of (iv), state the equation of the invariant line
under M.
(7 marks)
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2. a) Differentiate the following functions with respect to x

(i) f(x) = -2
(ii) f(x) = esin(x)
(iii) f(x) = sin(x)ln(x)
(iv) f(x) = cos(x)
ex
(7 marks)

b) Integrate the following functions with respect to x

(i) f(x) = sin(8x)

(ii) f(x) = x – 2 cos(x – 1 )
(iii) f(x) = exsin(2x)
(9 marks)

c) Find the Fourier series that describes the wave defined as

f(x) = x in the interval –1 ≤ x ≤ 1.

Use the Fourier series:

∞
a0 πr x πr x
f(x) = + ∑[a r cos( ) + br sin( )]
2 r =1 l l

1 l
l ∫−l
where a0 = [ f(x) ]dx

1 l πr x
l ∫−l
ar = [ f(x)cos( ) ]dx
l

1 l πr x
l ∫−l
br = [ f(x)sin( ) ]dx
l
(9 marks)
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3. a) (i) Rewrite the set of equations

2x + 3y = 2
x + 4y + z = 0
3x + 6y + 3z = 1

in the form:
Matrix × vector = vector.
(2 marks)
(ii) By partial pivoting, show that the matrix

2 3 0 0 0 − 2
   
M = 1 4 1  is reduced to the matrix U = 0 2 0 
3 6 3 3 6 3 
   
(5 marks)

 7 
2   6
  − 1 
(iii) Similarly, show that b= 0  is transformed to
1   3
   1 
 
(3 marks)

Hence solve the set of equations in part (i). (4 marks)

b) (i) Show that the following matrix A has one eigenvalue, λ , equal to 5.
2 0 3 
 
A=  1 1 −1
3 4 2 
 
(5 marks)

(ii) Find the corresponding unit eigenvector. (6 marks)

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Selected formulae:

Differentiation formulae.

Chain rule:
dy dy du
= ×
dx du dx

Product rule (y = u.v):

dy du dv
=v +u
dx dx dx

Quotient rule (y = u ):
v
du dv
v −u
dy dx dx
= 2
dx v

Integration formula.

Integration by parts:

 dv   du 
∫ u  dx =uv −∫ v
  dx
dx

 dx   

Matrix formulae.

Scalar triple product:

Spanned volume = a.(b∧c)

Vector triple product:

a∧(b∧c) = (a.c)b – (a.b)c