THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY(IU) - VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HCMC

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
November, 2019
Duration: 90 minutes

SUBJECT: CALCULUS 3
Head of Dept. of Mathematics: Lecturer:

Dr. Tran Vinh Linh Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Ngoc Hai

INSTRUCTIONS: Each student is allowed a scientific calculator and a

maximum of two double-sided sheets of reference material (size A4 or sim-
ilar), stapled together and marked with their name and ID. All other docu-
ments and electronic devices are forbidden.

SECTION A
√ √
Question 1. (a) [5 marks] Express the complex number − 6 − 2 j in
polar form.
(b) [10 marks] Determine real numbers a and b if

3j 30 − j 19
= a + bj.
2j − 1

(c) [10 marks] Show that the function f (z) = Re (z) is nowhere differ-
entiable.

Question 2. (a) (15 marks) Solve for the roots of the equation

z 4 + 2z 2 + 2 = 0.

(b) (10 marks) Determine series expansions for the function

ez − 1 − z
f (z) = .
z

Question 3. (a) (10 marks) Determine

 
8
L −1
.
s2 − 11s + 30

(b) (15 marks) Show that u(x, y) = ey cos x is harmonic and find the
harmonic conjugate v such that v(0, 0) = 0.

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Question 4. (a) (5 marks) Express in terms of unit step functions the
following piecewise-continuous function:

5 − t
 if 0 ≤ t < π2
f (t) = et + cos t if π2 ≤ t < π

sin 2t if t ≥ π.


(b) (20 marks) Obtain the solution y(t), t ≥ 0, of the differential equa-
tion
d2 y dy
− 4 + 3y = 6t − 8,
dt2 dt
dy
subject to the initial conditions y = 0 and dt
= 0 at t = 0.

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