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PAPER : IIT-JAM 2012

MATHEMATICS-MA

(CODE–A)
Q.1-Q.15: Only one option is correct for each question. Each question carries (+6) marks
for correct answer and (–2) marks for incorrect answer.
1. Let  xn  be the sequence  1,  1,  2,  2,  3,  3,  4,  4,.... If
x1  x2  ...  xn
yn  for all n  ,
n
then the sequence  yn  is
(a) monotonic (b) NOT bounded
(c) bounded but NOT convergent (d) convergent
2. The number of distinct real roots of the equation x 9  x 7  x 5  x 3  x  1  0 is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 9
3. If f :  2   is defined by

 x3
 if ( x, y )  (0, 0),
f ( x, y )   x 2  y 4
 0 if ( x, y )  (0, 0),

Then
(a) f x (0, 0)  0 and f y (0, 0)  0 (b) f x (0, 0)  1 and f y (0, 0)  0
(c) f x (0, 0)  0 and f y (0, 0)  1 (d) f x (0, 0)  1 and f y (0, 0)  1
1 z y
4. The value of    xy 2 z 3 dx dy dz is
z 0 y  0 x 0

1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
90 50 45 10
5. The differential equation (1  x 2 y 3   x 2 y 2 )dx  (2  x 3 y 2  x 3 y )dy  0 is exact if  equals

1 3
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d) 3
2 2
6. An integrating factor for the differential equation (2 xy  3x 2 y  6 y 3 )dx  ( x 2  6 y 2 )dy  0 is
(a) x3 (b) y 3 (c) e3x (d) e3 y

7.  
For c > 0, if aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ is the unit normal vector at 1, 1, 2 to the cone z  x 2  y 2 , then

(a) a 2  b2  c 2  0 (b) a 2  b 2  c 2  0
(c)  a 2  b2  c 2  0 (d) a 2  b2  c 2  0
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8. Consider the quotient group  /  of the additive group of rational numbers. The order of the
2
element   in  / is
3
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 6
9. Which one of the following is TRUE?
(a) The characteristic of the ring 6 is 6
(b) The ring 6 has a zero divisor
(c) The characteristic of the ring   / 6   6 is zero
(d) The ring 6  6 is an integral domain.
10. Let W be a vector space over  and let T : 6  W be a linear transformation such that
S  {Te2 , Te4 , Te6 } spans W.. Which one of the following must be TRUE?

(a) S is a basis of W (b) T ( 6 )  W

(c) {Te1 , Te3 , Te5 } spans W (d) ker (T) contains more than one element
11. Consider the following subspace of  3
W  {( x, y , z )   3 | 2 x  2 y  z  0,3 x  3 y  2 z  0, x  y  3z  0} .
The dimension of W is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
12. Let P be a 4 × 4 matrix whose determinant is 10. The determinant of the matrix –3P is
(a) –810 (b) –30 (c) 30 (d) 810
 
n n
13. If the power series a x
n 0
n converges for x  3 , then the series a x
n 0
n

(a) converges absolutely for x  –2 (b) converges but not absolutely for x  1
(c) converges but not absolutely for x  1 (d) diverges for x  2

 x 
14. If Y   x    , then the set of all limit points of Y is
1  x 
(a) (–1, 1) (b) (–1, 1] (c) [0, 1] (d) [–1, 1]

15. If C is a smooth curve in  3 from (0, 0, 0) to (2, 1, –1), then the value of

 (2 xy  z )dx  ( z  x 2 )dy  ( x  y )dz

C

is
(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2

16. (a) Examine whether the following series is convergent:


n!
 1  3  5   (2n  1) .
n 1
(6)

(b) For each x   , let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Further, for a fixed
1
  (0, 1) , define an   n   n2  n for all n   . Show that the sequence {an} converges to .
n
(9)
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x2
 4  t 3 dt
0
17. (a) Evaluate lim . (6)
x0 x2
(b) For a, b   with a  b , let f : [a, b]   be continuous on [a, b] and twice differentiable
on ( a, b) . Further assume that the graph of f intersects the straight line segment joining the points
 a, f ( a )  and  b, f ( b)  at a point  c, f ( c)  for a  c  b . Show that there exists a real number
  ( a, b) such that f ( )  0 . (9)
18. (a) Show that the point (0, 0) is neither a point of local minimum nor a point of local maximum
for the function f :  2   given by f ( x, y )  3 x 4  4 x 2 y  y 2 for ( x, y )   2 . (6)
(b) Find all the critical points of the function f :  2   given by f ( x , y )  x 3  y 3  3x  12 y  40
for ( x, y )   2 . Also, examine whether the function f attains a local maximum or a local minimum at
each of these critical points. (9)
4 2
3
19. (a) Evaluate   e y dy dx . (6)
x 0 y  4  x

(b) Using multiple integral, find the volume of the solid region in  3 bounded above by the
hemisphere z  1  1  x 2  y 2 and bounded below by the cone z  x 2  y 2 . (9)

20. Find the area of the portion of the surface z  x 2  y 2 in  3 which lies inside the solid cylinder
x 2  y 2  1. (15)

d2y
21. Let y(x) be the solution of the differential equation  y  0 such that y (0)  2 and y(0)  2 .
dx 2
Find all values of   [0,1) such that the infimum of the set { y ( x ) | x  } is greater than or equal
to 1. (15)

22. (a) Assume that y1 ( x )  x and y2 ( x)  x3 are two linearly independent solutions of the
2
homogeneous differential equation x 2 d y2  3x dy  3 y  0 . Using the method of variation of
dx dx
parameters, find a particular solution of the differential equation
d2y dy
x2 2
 3x  3 y  x 5 (6)
dx dx

dy 5 y 5 x 4
(b) Solve the differential equation   subject to the condition y (1)  1 (9)
dx 6 x y 5
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23. (a) Let r  xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ be the position vector field in  3 and let f :    be a differentiable
     
 
function. Show that   f  r  r  0 for r  0. (6)

(b) Let W be the region inside the solid cylinder x 2  y 2  4 between the plane z = 0 and the parabo-

loid z  x 2  y 2 . Let S be the boundary of W. Using Gauss’s divergence theorem, evaluate  F  nˆ dS ,
S

where F  ( x 2  y 2  4) iˆ  (3 xy ) ˆj  (2 xz  z 2 )kˆ and nˆ is the outward unit normal vector to S. (9)
24. (a) Let G be a finite group whose order is not divisible by 3. Show that for every g  G , there
3
exists an h  G such that g  h . (6)
(b) Let A be the group of all rational numbers under addition, B be the group of all non-zero
rational numbers under multiplication and C the group of all positive rational numbers under
multiplication. Show that no two of the groups A, B and C are isomorphic. (9)
25. (a) Let I be an ideal of a commutative ring R. Define
A  r  R | r n  I for some n   .
Show that A is an ideal of R. (6)
(b) Let F be a field. For each p  x   F  x  (the polynomial ring in x over F) define

 : F  x   F  F by   p  x     p  0  , p 1  .
(i) Prove that  is a ring homomorphism
(ii) Prove that the quotient ring F  x  /  x 2  x  is isomorphic to the ring F×F. (9)

26. (a) Let P, D and A be real square matrices of the same order such that P is invertible. D is diagonal
and D  PAP 1 . If An = 0 for some n   , then show that A = 0. (6)
(b) Let T : V  W be a linear transformation of vector spaces. Prove the following:
(1) If {v1 , v2 ,....., vk } spans V and T is onto, then {Tv1 , Tv2 .....Tvk } spans W.

(2) If {v1 , v2 ,....., vk } is linearly independent in V and T is one-one, then {Tv1 , Tv2 .....Tvk } is linearly
independent in W.
(3) If {v1 , v2 .....vk } is a basis of V, and T is bijective, then {Tv1 , Tv2 .....Tvk } is a basis of W. (9)

27. (a) Let {v1 , v2 , v3 } be a basis of vector space V over  . Let T : V  V be the linear transformation
determined by Tv1  v1 , Tv2  v2  v3 and Tv3  v2  2v3 . Find the matrix of the transformation T
with {v1  v2 , v1  v2 , v3 } as the basis of both the domain and co-domain of T. (6)
(b) Let W be a three dimensional vector space over  and let S : W  W be a linear transformation.
Further, assume that every non-zero vector of W is an eigen-vector of S. Prove that there exists
an    , such that S  I , where I : W  W is the identity transformation. (9)
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28. (a) Show that the function f :    , defined by f  x   x 2 for x   , is not uniformly continu-
ous. (6)
(b) For each n   , let f n :    be a uniformly continuous function. If the sequence  f n  con-
verges uniformly on  to a function f :    , then show that f is uniformly continuous. (9)
29. (a) Let A be a nonempty bounded subset of  . Show that  x   | x  a for all a  A is closed
subset of  . (6)
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(b) Let {xn} be a sequence in  such that xn  1  xn  for all n   . Show that the sequence {xn}
n2
is convergent. (9)

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