MATHEMATICS( MA10001 ), ASSIGNMENT-VI AUTUMN SEMESTER: 2010-2011 1.

Evaluate sin2 x x2 (i) lim 2 2 x0 x sin x ln x (iv) lim p ; p R x x

a sin xsin 2x tan3 x

tan x 1/x2 ) x 1 1 (v) lim x1 ln x x 1 (ii) lim (

x0

(iii) lim

x0

ln(cos ax) ; a, b R ln(cos bx)

(vi) lim xx
x0

2. Find the value of a such that limx0 is nite. Find the limit. 3. Find a and b such that limx0
x(1+a cos 2x)+b sin 2x x3

=1

4. Examine the curve given by y = x4 2x3 + 1 for concavity and convexity. Also determine its point of inection. 5. Show that the curve y = 3x5 40x3 + 3x 20 is concave upwards for 2 < x < 0 and 2 < x < , but convex upwards for < x < 2 and 0 < x < 2. Also show that x=-2, 0, 2 are its points of inection. 6. Find the range of values of x for which the curve y = x4 6x3 + 12x2 + 5x + 7 is concave upwards or downwards. 7. Show that the point of inection on the curve r = bn are given by r = b{n(n + 1)}n/2 . 8. Find the asymptotes of the curves (i) 2x3 x2 y 2xy 2 + y 3 4x2 + 8xy 4x + 1 = 0. (ii) y 2 (x2 a2 ) = x2 (x2 4a2 ). (iii) (x2 y 2 )(x + 2y + 1) + x + y + 1=0. (iv) x =
t2 , 1+t3

y=

t2 +2 . 1+t

9. Show that the point of intersection of the curve 2y 3 2x2 y 4xy 2 + 4x3 14xy + 6y 2 + 4x2 + 6y + 1=0 and its asymptotes lie on the line 8x+2y+1=0.

10. Determine the equation of the cubic which has the same asymptotes as that of the curve x3 6x2 y + 11xy 2 6y 3 + 5x 3y + 3=0 and which passes through the points (0, 0), (1, 2) and (2, 1). 11. Find the radius of curvature of the curves (i) s = c log sec . (ii)
x2 a2

y2 b2

= 1.

(iii) x = a cos3 , y = a sin3 . (iv) r =

1+e cos

at = .

12. Given a function f (x) = (4x + 5)1/3 ; x = 5/4. Obtain a 3rd degree polynomial approximation P3 (x) to f (x) using the Taylors series expansion about x0 = 1. Find a bound on the error |f (1.5) P3 (1.5)| with the help of the remainder and compare the exact value of the error with the bound. 13. Obtain the Taylors polynomial of degree 6 for the function f (x) = ln(x) about x0 = 1. Find a bound on the error if this approximation is used in [0.5, 1.5].