The University of Edinburgh

College of Science and Engineering

School of Mathematics

MATH08063 Several Variable Calculus & Differential Equations

Monday, 5th August 2019

Question Mark
09:30pm 12:30pm
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Chairman of Examiners Dr T G Mackay 2

External Examiner Dr C Steele 3

Attempt all questions. 4

Answers may not receive full marks unless supported by

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an appropriate explanation.
The number of marks varies between questions.
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In the examination it is permitted to have;
*A copy of the course textbook (any edition) 7

E.Boyce & R. DiPrima, Elementary Differential Equations 8

and Boundary Value Problems
*Any other notes (printed or hand-written) 9

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Calculators and other electronic aids.

Total
A scientific calculator is permitted in this examination.
It must not be a graphical calculator.
It must not be able to communicate with any other device.

This examination will be marked anonymously

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Several Variable Calculus & Di↵erential Equations

Resit exam.

Answer all questions.

The number of marks varies between questions.
Three hours; open book exam.

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1. Given constants a and b and function u defined by

ay
u(x, y) = + b,
f (x2 y2)

show by substitution that

1 @u 1 @u u
+ = 2,
x @x y @y y
holds for any di↵erentiable function f , if b is chosen appropriately.
What is this value of b? [5 marks]

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2. Consider the iterated integral

Z 2 Z y2
I= f (x, y) dx dy.
0 2y

(a) Sketch the region of integration for the integral I. [2 marks]

(b) Change the order of integration. [2 marks]

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3. Calculate the area A of the part of the surface given by z(x, y) = xy that lies within the
cylinder x2 + y 2 = 4. [8 marks]

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4. Find all the critical points of the function

f (x, y) = (x2 + y 2 ) exp(y 2 x2 )

and classify them. [12 marks]

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5. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the minimum and maximum value of f (x, y) = 5x 3y,
subject to the constraint x2 + y 2 = 136.
[10 marks]

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6. Suppose the surface S is given by the part of the paraboloid z = x2 +y 2 that lies inside the
cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1, with unit normal vector pointing upward. Using Stokes’ Theorem,
evaluate the integral ZZ
(r ⇥ F ) · dS
S
for the vector field
F (x, y, z) = (y 2 z) i + (xz) j + (x2 y 2 ) k.
[9 marks]

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7. Use the Divergence Theorem to evaluate the integral F · n dS
S
for the vector field F (x, y, z) = x3 i + y 3 j + z 3 k,

where S consists of the two surfaces

{x2 + y 2 = z 2 , 0  z  1}, {x2 + y 2  1, z = 1},

which enclose volume region E. Sketch the region E.

Hint: For the integrations choose an appropriate coordinate system. [10 marks]

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8. Solve the separable ordinary di↵erential equation

1+x
y0 = y.
x
Find the solution to the initial value problem given by y(1) = 4. [6 marks]

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9. Find the general solution of the di↵erential equation

y 00 2y 0 = sin 4x.

[7 marks]

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10. Calculate the recurrence relation for the coefficients of the power series solution about
x = 0 for the di↵erential equation

y 00 + xy 0 + 2y = 0.

[9 marks]

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