Semester Two Examinations, 2023 MATH1051

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School of Mathematics & Physics

Semester Two Examinations, 2023
MATH1051 Calculus and Linear Algebra I
This paper is for St Lucia Campus students.

Examination Duration: 120 minutes For Examiner Use Only

Planning Time: 10 minutes Question Mark

Exam Conditions:
Part A
•This is a Closed Book examination - no written materials permitted Q1-Q20
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•No calculators permitted
•During Planning Time - Students are encouraged to review and plan Part B
responses to the exam questions
•This examination paper will be released to the Library Q21
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Materials Permitted in the Exam Venue:
(No electronic aids are permitted e.g. laptops, phones) Q22
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None Q23
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Materials to be supplied to Students: Q24
Additional exam materials (e.g. answer booklets, rough paper) will /12
be provided upon request. Q25
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Instructions to Students:
If you believe there is missing or incorrect information impacting
your ability to answer any question, please state this when writing
your answer.

Answer all questions in the space provided.

• You may detach the formula sheet. Material written on the formulae
sheet and on the rough paper will not be marked.

• Credit can only be given for work written on the examination script. Use
the back of pages if space is insufficient.

• You must justify all answers. Solutions without justification will not
receive full marks.

• Each question carries the number of marks shown. The total number of
marks in the exam is 100 Total ______/100

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PART A (20 Questions, 40 Marks)

Each question in Part A is worth 2 marks. Answers without justification will not receive full
marks.
∑
∞
1. True or false: If an > an+1 for all n and lim an = 0 then the series an is convergent.
n→∞
n=1
Explain your answer.

2. Determine whether the following series converges. Explain your answer.

∑
∞
2n−1
n=0
3n+1

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3. Determine whether the following series converges. Explain your answer.

∑
∞
1 − n2
n=0
n2 + 1

4. Determine whether the following series converges. Explain your answer.

∑
∞
1
n=0
n2 +1

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5. Determine whether the following series converges. Explain your answer.

∑
∞
(−1)n+1 4n−1
n=1
n!

6. The function f is defined as a power series

x3 x5
f (x) = x − + − ···
2 5
with radius of convergence equal to 1. Determine the value f ′′′ (0) of the third derivative
f ′′′ = f (3) of f at 0.

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∑
∞
7. Determine the radius of convergence of the series (2n + 1) · xn
n=0

8. True or False: If F (x) is an antiderivative of the function f (x) then for any value of C
F (x) + C · x is also an antiderivative of f (x).

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∫
9. Evaluate the following integral: cos(x) · esin(x) dx

∫
10. Evaluate the following integral: x · ln(x) dx

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11. True or false: Let A be an m × n-matrix. If u and v are in the null space of A, then
5u − 2v is also in the null space of A. Explain your answer.

12. True or false: Let A be an n × n-matrix, b a vector of length n and x the solution of the
equation Ax = b. If x is the only solution then A is invertible. Explain your answer.

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13. The augmented matrix for a linear system Ax = b has been reduced by row operations
to the given row echelon form:
 
1 0 −2 1
 0 1 1 1 
0 0 0 k

For which value(s) of k does the linear system have a solution? If a solution exists, is the
solution unique?

14. True or false: Consider an n × n matrix A. If there is an n × n-matrix B with |AB| ̸= 0

then A is invertible. Explain your answer.

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15. True or false: Let A be a 3 × 3-matrix. Then |3A| = 3 · |A|. Explain your answer.

( )
2 q
16. Let A = . Determine the value(s) of q for which A is not invertible.
q+1 6

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 
−1 4 −2
17. What are the eigenvalues of the matrix  0 2 1 ?
0 0 −2

( ) ( )
1 3 1
18. Let A = . Is an eigenvector of A? Explain your answer.
3 1 −1

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( ) ( )
4 2
19. Determine if the vectors and are linearly independent.
3 1

{( ) ( )}
1 1
20. True or False: span , = R2 . Explain your answer.
0 1

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PART B (6 Questions, 60 Marks)

Question 21. Determine whether the given infinite series diverges, converges absolutely or
converges conditionally.
∑∞
(−1)n
(a) (5 marks) √
n=1
n+1

∑
∞
n2
(b) (5 marks)
n=0
2n

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Extra working space

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ex +e−x
Question 22. Let f (x) = 2
.

(a) (5 marks) Using the definition of the Taylor series, show that the Taylor series of f around
∑∞
x2n
0 is .
n=0
(2n)!

(b) (5 marks) Use the Ratio Test to determine the radius of convergence of the Taylor series
of f .

(c) (4 marks) Under the assumption that the Taylor series converges towards f (x) show that
1
f (x) ≥ 1 + x2 for all x ∈ R.
2

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Question 23. (5 marks) Evaluate the following integral:

∫
x
dx
x − 3x + 2
2

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   
1 2 −1 3 1

Question 24. Let A = 2 2 −4 4 and b = 0 where k is a real number. We want to
 
1 3 k 4 1
solve the system of linear equations Ax = b.

(a) (5 marks) Apply elementary row operations to reduce the system of linear equations to
Gauss reduced form. Your final form should include k as a parameter.

(b) (3 marks) Use your result from part (a) to identify for which value(s) of k the system of
linear equations has

(i) no solution.
(ii) at least one solution.
(iii) a unique solution.

(c) (4 marks) For the case k = 1 give the set of all solutions.

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( )
3 5
Question 25. Let A = .
7 5

(a) (4 marks) Calculate the eigenvalues of A.

(b) (4 marks) For one of the eigenvalues you have found, calculate a corresponding eigenvector.
Note: You only have to do this calculation for one eigenvalue.

(c) (4 marks) Show for any invertible matrix B: if λ is an eigenvalue of B then λ ̸= 0 and
λ−1 is an eigenvalue of B −1 .

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Question 26. A square matrix A is called idempotent if A2 = A. Let A be an idempotent

matrix that is not the zero–matrix.

(a) (3 mark) Show that 0 and 1 are the only possible eigenvalues of A.

(b) (4 marks) For which value(s) of s is (I − sA)−1 = (I − sA)?

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Formula Sheet
Trigonometric Identities

sin θ cos θ 1 1
tan θ = cos θ
cot θ = sin θ
sec θ = cos θ
csc θ = sin θ

sin 2θ = 2 sin θ cos θ sec2 θ = tan2 θ + 1 csc2 θ = cot2 θ + 1

cos 2θ = cos2 θ − sin2 θ = 2 cos2 θ − 1 = 1 − 2 sin2 θ

Differentiation rules (appropriate domains assumed):

d
dx
sin x = cos x d
dx
cos x = − sin x d
dx
tan x = 1 + tan2 x
d x d 1 d a
dx
e = ex dx
ln x = x dx
x = axa−1
d
dx
arcsin x = √ 1 d
dx
arccos x = − √ 1 d
dx
arctan x = 1
1+x2
1−x2 1−x2

Taylor Expansions
∑
∞
xn ∑
∞
x2n+1 ∑
∞
x2n
ex = sin(x) = (−1)n cos(x) = (−1)n
n=0
n! n=0
(2n + 1)! n=0
(2n)!

END OF EXAMINATION

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