Tutorial 5
Tutorial 5
Real Analysis
1. Find the following limits and use the definition of the limits to prove the answers.
(a) limx→2 5x + 3
(b) limx→3 7
(c) limx→1 x21+1
ODE & RI
2.
(a) Determine whether the set {ex , e−x } is linearly dependent on (−∞, ∞).
(b) Determine whether the set {x5 , |x5 |} is linearly dependent on [-1, 1].
(c) Determine whether the set {tan2 θ, sec2 θ} is linearly dependent on ( −π π
2 , 2 ).
3.
(a) Determine if the following sets of functions are linearly dependent or linearly
independent.
i. f (x) = 4 cos 2x, g(x) = 32 cos2 x − 23 sin2 x
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5.
2
(a) Find the particular solution to the differential equation t2 ddt2y − 2y = t2 + 1,
2
knowing that y = t2 is a solution to the homogeneous equation t2 ddt2y − 2y = 0.
(b) Solve by variation of parameters 2x2 y ′′ − 5xy ′ + 6y = 2x sin x and given that
y = x2 is a solution corresponding to homogeneous equation.
(Hint: Find fundamental solutions using Wronskian.)
Algebra
4 2 4 6 0 −1
1. Let A = ,B = , and C = . Also let a = −4 and b = 3.
1 5 −1 3 3 2
Verify each of the following;
(a) A + (B + C) = (A + B) + C
(b) A(BC) = (AB)C
(c) (a + b)C = aC + bC
(d) a(B − C) = aB − aC
2. The 2× 2
matricesA, B,and C are given
belowin terms of the scalar constant x.
2 x 2 1 3x + 2 7
A= ,B= , and C =
3 1 1 4 7−x 7
(a) Find an expression for AB in terms of x.
(b) Determine the value of x if B T AT = C.
4. Let A and B be symmetric matrices of the same order. Then show that;
(a) A + B is symmetric.
(b) AB + BA is symmetric.
(c) AB - BA is skew-symmetric.
2 a
5. The 2 × 2 matrix A is given by A = where a and b are scalar constants.
3 b
1 1
(a) If the column vector is mapped onto by A then determine the values
1 3
of a and b.
(b) Show that A2 = 2A − 3I and A3 = A − 6I where I is the 2 × 2 identity matrix.
(c) Show further that A−1 = 31 (2I − A) where A−1 is the inverse of A. (For a given
square matrix A, the inverse of A, A−1 , is the matrix that satisfies the condition
AA−1 = A−1 A = I)