CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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DEPARTMENT OF BASIC SCIENCES
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS –I (15MAT11)

MODULE -1 (CO101.1)
Leibnitz’s theorem

1. If y  ( x 2  1) n , prove that ( x 2  1) yn2  2 xyn1  n(n  1) yn  0

n
 y
1  x
2. If y  cos    log  , prove that x 2 yn2  (2n  1) xyn1  2n 2 yn  0
b n
3. If tan y  x , prove that (1  x 2 ) yn2  2(n  1) xyn1  n(n  1) yn  0
4. If x  tan(log y ) , prove that (1  x 2 ) yn1  (2nx  1) yn  n(n  1) yn1  0 .
5. If y  ( x  x 2  1) m , prove that (1  x 2 ) yn2  (2n  1) xyn1  (n 2  m 2 ) yn  0
6. If sin 1 y  2 log(x  1) , prove that (1  x 2 ) yn2  (2n  1)(x  1) yn1  (n 2  4) yn  0
7. If y  a cos(logx)  b sin(log x) , prove that x 2 yn2  (2n  1) xyn1  (n 2  1) yn  0
1 1
8. If y m  y m  2 x , show that ( x 2  1) yn2  (2n  1) xyn1  (n 2  m 2 ) yn  0
9 If x  sin t , y  sin pt , prove that (1  x 2 ) yn2  (2n  1) xyn1  ( p 2  n 2 ) yn  0
sinh 1 x
10. If y  , show that (1  x 2 ) yn2  (2n  3) xyn1  (n  1) 2 yn  0
1 x 2

11. If y  log(x  x 2  1) , show that (1  x 2 ) yn2  (2n  1) xyn1  n 2 yn  0

Find the angle of intersection the curves

a a
(i) r  a and r  2a cos , (ii) r 
and r 
1 1 2
12. Show that the following pair of curves interest orthogonally:
(i) r n  a n cos n and r n  b n sin n ,
(ii) r  ae and re  b , (iv) r  a(1  cos ) and r  b(1  cos )
(v) r 2 sin 2  a 2 and r 2 cos 2  b 2 ,
13. Using the pedal formula for  , prove that   r 3 / a 2 for the curve r 2  a 2 sec 2 .
14. Show that for the curve p 2  ar,  2 varies as r 3 .
15. Find the pedal equations of the following curves:
(i) r = 2(1 - cos 𝜃), (ii) 𝑟 𝑛 = 𝑎𝑛 cos 𝑛𝜃, (iii) 2a/r = (1+ cos 𝜃),
(iv) 1/r = 1+ 𝑒 cos 𝜃, (v) 𝑟 cos 𝑚𝜃 = 𝑎 and (vi) r = 𝑒 𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑡∝ .
𝑚 𝑚

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Radius of Curvature
16. Show that for the catenary y = c cosh (x / c) the radius of curvature is equal to y 2 / c which is
also equal to the length of the normal intercepted between the curve and the x – axis.
17. Find the radius of curvature for the Folium of De – Cartes x 3  y 3  3axy at the point
(3a/2 , 3a/2) on it.
4a 2 ( 2a  x )
18. Find the radius of curvature for the curve y 2  where the curve meets the x –
x
axis.
19. For the curve y  ax a  x, show that (2  / a) 2 / 3  ( x / y ) 2  ( y / x) 2 .
20. Show that the radius of curvature at any point  on the cycloid x  a (  sin  ) ,
y  a (1  cos ) is 4a cos( / 2) .
21. Show that the radius of curvature of the curve x  a (cost  sin t ) , y  a (sin t  t cos t ) is
‘at’.

22. Show that for the equiangular spiral r  ae cot  where a and  are constants, is a
r
constant.
23. Show that the radius of curvature of the curve r n  a n cos n varies inversely as r n1 .
36. Find the radius of curvature of the curve r  a sin n at the pole.

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