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Prof SJ Roberts
Michaelmas Term
Paper 1 : Mathematics
1P1A: Calculus I
Differentiation & Series
Textbooks:
James, G. (2001) Modern Engineering Mathematics, Prentice-Hall, 3rd
Ed., ISBN: 0-13-018319-9 (paperback).
Kreyszig, E. (1999) Advanced Engineering Mathematics. John Wiley &
Sons, 8th Ed., ISBN: 0-471-15496-2 (paperback).
Stephenson, G. (1973) Mathematical Methods for Science Students,
Longman Scientific & Technical, 2nd Ed., ISBN: 0-582-44416-0
(paperback).
Fischer-Cripps, A.C. (2005) The Mathematics Companion, IoP
Publishing, ISBN: 0-7503-1020-0 (paperback)
1P1A/2
Problems:
Differentiation
1.
2.
(b)
D4(sin x cos x) ;
(c)
y=0
Simple Series
3.
(a)
1
;
n
!
n =0
(b)
n!
n =0100
(c)
n!
;
(
)
2
n
!
n =0
(d)
1
.
n
log
n
n =2
1P1A/3
4.
Find the range of values of the real number p for which the series
( 1)n
n =1
np
Use Taylor series to show that, when h is small, the first derivative
of a function can be approximated in the following ways:
(a)
f (a ) [f (a + h ) f (a )] h
(b)
f (a ) [f (a + h ) f (a h )] 2h
Obtain the first three non-zero terms of the Maclaurin series for the
following functions. In each case at x = 0.25 determine the bound
on the remainder, and also assess the accuracy of the
approximation by comparing the Maclaurin series to the exact
function values.
(a)
(1 + x )1 3 ;
(b) ln
1
1- x
and (c)
1
1+ x
1P1A/4
7.
e x dx 0.461 .
8.
Limits of Series
9.
lim
cos 2 (x )
1 sin (x )
x 0
tan
(x )
x
sin
(x ) .
1P1A/5
Answers
1.
x 3
2
(a) e x + 18 x + 90 x + 120
(c)
2.
(b) 8 sin 2x
2( 1)n +1(n 3 ) ! x 2 n
3.
(a) convergent
(b) divergent
(c) convergent
(d) divergent
4.
6.
Series
Error bound
Exact
Approx
value
value
Error
(a) 1 + x 3 x 2 9
R 2 0.96 10 3
1.07722 1.07638
0.83 10 3
(b) x + x 2 2 + x 3 3
R3 3.07 10 3
0.28768 0.28646
1.22 10 3
(c) 1 x 2 + x 4
R 4 0.24 10 3
0.94118 0.94141
0.23 10 3
7.
[x x
3 + x 5 10 x 7 42
12
0
0.4613
8.
9.
(a)
2, (b) 1/2