MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

B.Sc. SEM-I; MATHEMATICS- GENERAL

CORE-1
Duration: 2 Hrs. Full Marks:50

Group-A
Answer any five questions: 5x2=10

 
1) Does the limit lim x 2  x  1 exist? Justify.
x 1
 x2  y 2 
2) Examine whether the function f ( x, y )  sin   is homogeneous or not. If so,find its degree.
1

 x  y 


 1; x  0
 
3) For the function f (x ) defined by f ( x)   1  sin x;0  x 
 2
 
2
  
2   2  x  ; 2  x


Prove that f (x ) is derivable at x  but not at x  0 .
2
 1

4) Is Lagrange’s mean value theorem applicable to the function f ( x)   x sin x ; x  0 in [-1,1] ?
 0; x  0
 1 2 
5) Evaluate: lim   
x 0  x x(e  1) 
x

6) Find the asymptotes parallel to co-ordinate axes of the curve x 2 y 2  a 2 ( x 2  y 2 ) .

7) Find the envelope of the family of circles ( x   ) 2  y 2  a 2 where  is parameter.
8) Show that f ( x)  x 1 is not derivable at x  1 .
Group--B
Answer any five questions: 5x8=40
1) (i) If lim f ( x ) and lim g ( x) exists finitely for two functions f and g , then prove that

  
x a x a

lim  f ( x)  g ( x)  lim f ( x)  lim g ( x) 3

xa xa xa

log( 1  ax)  log( 1  bx)

(ii) Find f (0) so that the function f ( x)  be continuous at x  0 . 3
x
(iii) If y  sin 3 x , find y10 . 2
2) (i) State and prove Lagrange’s Mean Value Theorem. 4
(ii) If x  sin  , y  sin k , then prove that
(a) (1  x 2 ) y2  xy1  k 2 y  0
dny
(b) (1  x 2 ) yn  2  (2n  1) xyn 1  (k 2  n 2 ) yn  0 where yn 
. 4
dx n
3)(i) Find the Taylor series expansion of f ( x)  log e (1  x) where 1  x  1 . 5
(ii) For a given volume of a right circular cone show that when curved surface is minimum, the semi-
 1 
vertical angle is sin 1  . 3
 3
 2
   9
4) (i) If u  log( x  y  z  3xyz) , show that  
3 3 3
  u   4
 x y z  ( x  y  z)2
x(1  a cos x)  b sin x
(ii) Determine the values of a and b such that lim 1 4
x 0 x3
x2 y 2 u u
5. (i) If u( x, y)  ,apply Euler’s theorem to find the value of x y .
x y x y
 2u  2u 2  u
2
Hence deduce that x 2  2 xy  y  6u . 4
x 2 xy y 2
(ii) Determine the rectilinear asymptotes of the curve x 3  2 y 3  xy(2 x  y)  y( x  y)  1  0 4
x y
6.(i) Find the envelope of the family of straight lines   1 where the parameters a and b are
a b
connected by the relation a  b  9
2 2
3
(ii) Show that the curves r n  a n sec( n   ) and r n  b n sec( n   ) intersect at an angle which is
independent of a and b 3
(iii) .Examine the nature of the origin on the curve x y  x  2 x y  y  0
3 3 2 2
2
7.(i) If u  f (ax  2hxy  by ) and v   (ax  2hxy  by ) ,
2 2 2 2

  v    v 
then show that u    u   3
y  x  x  y 
1
 1  tan x  sin x
(ii) Find lim   3
x 0 1  sin x
 
(iii) Is Lagrange’s Mean value theorem applicable to f ( x)  x in [0,1]? If so, find a point  in (0,1) such
that f (1)  f (0)  f ( ) 2
  
8.(i) Show that the radius of curvature at any point on the curve s  a log tan    is a sec . 3
4 2
x2 y2 x2 y2
(ii) Prove that the curves   1 and   1 will cut orthogonally if a  b  A  B . 3
a b A B
(iii) Find the range of values of x for which the values of 2 x 3  9 x 2  12 x  3 decreases as x increases . 2