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BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME

Term-End Examination
00 June, 2010
N
O ELECTIVE COURSE : MATHEMATICS
MTE-13 : DISCRETE MATHEMATICS

Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50

Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Do any four questions

from questions number 2 to 7. Calculators are not
allowed.

1. Which of the following statements are true and 10

which are false ? Justify your answer with the
help of a short proof or a counter example :
'If every Bipartite graph is a tree, then every
old number is a prime' is a true statement.
The number of onto functions from an
n-element set to an m-element set where

m<n, is n! Snm
The generating function for the sequence
{an}, given by a n n for n > 0 , is
Z(1 — Z) -2.
If kmn is Hamiltonian, then it is Eulerian.
(e) Every 3 - regular graph has a 3 - cycle.

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 (a) Show that the graphs K5 and K3,3 are non- 4
planar.
(b) Solve the recurrence relation 6
an -7 an _ i +10 an-2 =0, n?2, a o = 0, ai=3,
using generating functions.

(a) How many integral solutions are there to 3

the equation
x1 +x2 +x3 +x4 +x5 =16, xi  2
for i= 1, 2, ..., 5.
An apple costs Rs. 5, a banana Rs. 2 and a 4
coconut Rs. 3. Let an be the number of ways
in which you can buy n fruits in such a way
that there are at least 3 apples and at most
15 bananas in your choice.
Find the generating function for {an}.
Use mathematical induction to prove that 3
r >n4 for n > 8.

4. (a) Write the converse, contrapositive and 3

negation of the following statement
'If I get 35 marks in MTE -13, I will pass
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Find the number of terms in the expansion 3
of (2x +3y - 5z)8.
Set up a recurrence relation for n-digit 4
sequences of numbers using only the
integers {0, 1, 2,} and having an even number
of zeros.

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5. (a) Use the method of telescoping sums to sum 4

the infinite series.

11
+ ± 1+
1.2 2.3 3.4

2
Team A has probability — of winning 3
3

whatever it plays. Suppose team A plays

four games. Find the probability that team
A wins more than half of its games.
Without making a table of values, find the 3
CNF for the Boolean expression
{(x A y') v (x A .Z)} ' V Z.

6. (a) Is the following graph Hamiltonian ? Give 4

reasons for your answer.

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 Draw the logic circuit for the expression 3
(xny'n z) v (xnynz) v (xny'Az') .

There are 10 points in 2 dimensional plane. 3

Four of these are collinear. Find the number
of different straight lines that can be drawn
by joining these points.

7. (a) Find all the graphs that have edge chromatic 3

number 1.
Write down the truth table of. 4

{(pn — r)Aci} H {(p q)V-

For the partition 5 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 2, draw the 3

Ferrar graph and hence find its conjugate
partition.

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