UNIVERSITY OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY, TARKWA

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, JULY, 2020

COURSE NO: MN/MR/GL/PE/ES 250
COURSE NAME: MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
CLASS: MN/MR/GL/PE/ES II TIME: 2 HOURS

Name: __________________________________________ Index Number: _______________

SECTION A

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following is not true for the following sequences?

 n 
(a) lim  2
n  n  1
0
 

 2n 
(b) lim 
n  n  1
2
 

 n2 
(c) lim    0
n  n !
 

(d) lim
n 
 
n 2  1  n does not exist

2. Which of the following sequences is convergent?

(a) n

(b) (1) n

 sin n 
(c)  
 n 

(d) None of these

3. Which of the following is true?

(a) Every decreasing sequence of real number is convergent

(b) Every monotone sequence is convergent

(c) Constant sequence is not convergent

 1 
(d)   is convergent
 n

1
 43 n
4. Let an  4 n . Then the sequence an
3

(a) Is unbounded

(b) Is bounded but not convergent

(c) Converges to 0

(d) Converges to 1

5. If the sequence is increasing, then it

(a) Converges to its supremum

(b) Diverges

(c) May converge to its supremum

(d) Is bounded

6. Which of the following is true?

 n

(a)   1 e
n 1
n
is absolutely convergent

 cos n
 n

(b)   1
n 1

 n
 is convergent


 n
 1 
(c)   1
n 1
  is not conditionally convergent
 2n  1 


 1 1 
(d)    is not convergent
n 1 
n 1  n

n2  n
7. Determine the nature of the sequence whose nth term an  2
2n  n

(a) 0.50

(b) 0.60

(c) 0.80

(d) 0.65

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Determine whether or not the following statements are True or False for Q8 to Q14

8. If f (x) and g(x) are differentiable in the open interval (a, b) except possibly at a
point x0 in this interval, and if f ( x0 )  g ( x0 )   , g / ( x)   for x  x0 then,

TRUE
 f ( x)   f / ( x) 
lim it    lim it  / 
x  x0
 g ( x )  x  x0  g ( x ) 
9. If f has a maximum value f ( M ) and a minimum value f ( m ) on the closed interval
a,b , then either f ( M )  f (m) or f ( M )  f (m) . This is known as Extreme Value
Theorem. FALSE
10. Monotonic sequence is either monotonically increasing or monotonically decreasing. TRUE
11. Every absolutely convergent series is necessarily a convergent series.TRUE

12. The Taylor series centered at x  0 is sometimes also called the MacLaurin series.TRUE

13. A function is strictly monotonic on an interval when it is either increasing on the entire
interval or decreasing on the entire interval. FALSE

14. The pattern of COVID-19 is a monotonic function.FALSE

15. Verify the theorem of the mean for f  x   2 x on 1, 4

9
(a) 1  x*  4
4

5
(b) 1  x*   4.
4

7
(c) 1  x*  4
4

11
(d) 1  x*  4
4

16. Determine the nature of the sequence whose nth term an  tanh n

(a) 1

3
 (b) 3

(c) 2

(d) 7

1 1 
17. Determine the nth partial sums of the series an     
n 1  n n 1

1
(a) S n  1 
n 1

1
(b) S n  2 
n 1
2

1
(c) S n  1 
n 1

1
(d) S n  2 
n 1

18. Determine whether the following series converges or diverges


 2 
(a) an    2 
n 1  4 n  1 
Converges

1 Converges
(b) an 
4n 1

1
(c) an     Diverges
n 1  n 


 1 
(d) an    n  Converges
n 1  2  3 


 n 
(e) an    2  Diverges
n 1  n  cos ( n) 
2


 1 
(f) an    n  Converges
n 1  3  n 


 n2 
(g) an    
n 1  n ! 
Converges

4
   
10n
(h) an    n  Converges

n 1  e  n  1 ! 

2n  x  5 
n

19. Find all values of x for which the power series 
n 1 n2
is convergent.

 9 11 
(a)  , 
2 2 

 9 13 
(b)  , 
2 2 

 7 11 
(c)  , 
2 2 

 5 13 
(d)  , 
2 2 

20. Find the Taylor polynomials of degrees one and two for f ( x)  e x , centered at x  0

x2
(a) 1  x 
2

x3
(b) 1  x 
3

x2
(c) 1  x 
2

x2
(d) 1  x 
2

Converges

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 SECTION B
ANSWER ANY TWO (2) QUESTIONS

1. Find the relative extrema of f  x   3x5  5x3 and hence sketch the graph of the function
n
 1
2. Prove that the sequence with the nth term un  1   is monotonic, increasing, and
 n
bounded, and thus a limit exists.
3. Find the Interval of convergence and the radius of convergence for the following power series

 x  4
n n


  1
n 1 n6 n
4. Find the Maclaurin’s Series for the function f  x   1  x  ,express your answer in a sigma
k

notation and hence determine the radius of convergence.

5. Find the fourth Taylors Polynomial for the function f  x   Inx at x  1

Examiner: B. Odoi/ Dr H. Otoo