Specimen Exam, 22nd March, 2021

EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREES OF

M.A. AND B.Sc.

Mathematics 1

This exam has two parts, consisting of a Moodle quiz and the questions below.
Candidates must attempt all questions. Each Moodle quiz question is worth 3
marks each for 48 marks. The questions below are worth 52 marks. The
combined total is 100 marks.

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Section A Moodle Quiz

Please complete the Moodle quiz on the Exam Moodle Page. Justification of
answers is not required for the Moodle quiz.

While the final exam has a Moodle quiz component, this specimen exam
does not. The final exam will have 16 Moodle quiz questions that are
similar in style to the December exam worth 3 marks each, for a total
of 48 marks.

Attempt ALL questions from this section. You must justify all your work in the
written component.

1. Consider the function given by f (x) = ex−4 (x2 − 7x + 11).

(i) Let P and Q be the critical points of f (x); calculate P and Q. 3

(ii) Classify the critical points of f (x). 3

−→ −→ −→
(iii) Let p = OP , q = OQ, and r = OR where r = p + q. Calculate the area of
the parallelogram OP QR. 4

2. Consider the parametric curve hx(t), y(t), z(t)i, where the three components satisfy

dx
= y, (1)
dt
dy
= −ω 2 x + ω 2 t, (2)
dt
z(t) = t, (3)

where ω ∈ R.
(i) Show that the differential equations (1) and (2) can be reduced to a single
second order differential equation for x(t) in the form

d2 x
+ ω 2 x = ω 2 t.
dt2
1

(ii) Compute the complementary function of this differential equation for x(t) in
terms of two arbitrary constants. The answer should be expressed in terms of
real-valued functions. 2

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(iii) Construct the particular solution of this differential equation using the method
of undetermined coefficients. 2

(iv) Given that the curve passes h1, 1, 0i at t = 0, construct the components of
the parametric curve. 3

(v) Compute the unit tangent vector to the parametric curve at t = 0. 3

3. Consider the function √

f (x) = x − x2 .

(i) Show that f satisfies the differential equation

p 1
1 + (f 0 )2 = .
2f
3

(ii) Compute the surface area of revolution when the curve y = f (x) is revolved
around the x-axis in the interval 0 6 x 6 1. 4

4. Consider the function b−c : R → Z defined by

bac = max{m ∈ Z | m 6 a}.

(i) Is b−c injective? If so prove it, if not exhibit a counterexample. 2

(ii) Is b−c surjective? If so prove it, if not exhibit a counterexample. 2

(iii) Let i : Z → R be given by i(m) = m. Prove that b−c ◦ i is a bijection. 4

5. (i) Prove that any infinite subset of N is countable. 5

(ii) Deduce from this that if S is a set and f : S → N is injective then S is

countable. 3

2
6. (i) Find all values of x ∈ R such that x < x+1
. 3

1
(ii) Prove that 3 5 is irrational. 5
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