Ex/ME/Math/T/121/93/2015

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING EXAMINATION, 2015
( 1st Year, 2nd Semester )

MATHEMATICS - II
Time : Three hours

Full Marks : 100

( 50 marks for each part )

Use a separate Answer-Script for each part

PART - I
Symbols & Notations have their usual meanings.
Answer any five questions.

5510=50

1. a) Define subspace of a vector space. Show that intersection

of two subspaces of a vector space V is a subspace of V.
Is the union of two subspaces of a vector space V a
subspace of V ? Justify your answer.

2+2+2=6

b) Find a basis and dimension of the subspace S of the

vector space M 2 ( ), where
a b

S
M 2 ( ) : a b 0
c d

2. a) When a subspace of a vector space V is said to have a

complement in V ? Is complement of a subspace in a
vector space unique ? Justify your answer.

2+3=5
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b) Let V M 2 ( ) be a vectorspace over Show that

VS {A M 2 () : A A T } and VSS {A M 2 () :

A A T } are two subspaces of M 2 ( ) such that

M 2 () VS VSS

3. a) Show that set B = {(2, 1, 1), (1, 2, 1), (1, 1, 2)} is a basis
of 3 . What is the standard basis of 3 ?

4+1=5

b) Let W1 and W2 be two distinct subspaces of a real vector

space V such that dim W1 = dim W2 = 4. If dim V = 6,
then find the possible dimension of W1 W2 .
1 3 4 3
4. a) Find the rank of the matrix A 3 9 12 3 .
1 3 4 1

b) If

the

system

bx cy az 0,

of

equations

ax by cz 0,

cx ay bz 0 have a non-zero

5
5. a) Determine the condition under which the system of
equations x y z 1, x 2y z b, 5x 7y az b 2
have (i) only one solution (ii) no solution (iii) many
5

where S
F ndS,

is the surface of the cube bounded by x = 0, x = 1 ; y = 0,

y = 1 ; z = 0, z = 1.

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12. State and prove Greens theorem in the plane.

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13. Verify stokes theorem for F (2x y)i yz 2 j y 2 zk,

where S is the upper half surface of the sphere

x 2 y 2 z 2 1 and C is its boundary..

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14. Verify the Gauss divergence theorem for F (x 2 yz)i

(y 2 zx)j (z 2 xy)k

solution, then show that either a + b + c = 0 or a = b = c.

solutions.

then evaluate
11. If F 2xz i y 2 j yz k,

taken

over

the

rectangular

parallelopiped 0 x 1, 0 y 1, 0 z 1.

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b) Let A and B two third order matrices such that they differ

PART - II
Answer any five of the following questions. 5510=50
8. a) Consider the space curve given by x = 3 Cos t, y = 3 Sint,
7 = 4t. Find the radius of curvature and the radius of
torsion .
b) Find the maximum value of the directional derivative of
(x, y, z) x 2 2y 2 4z 2 at (1, 1, 1) in the direction

(2i j k).

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1 3( r)( r) ( )
3 ,
9. a) Prove that
r5
r
r

where and are two constant vectors and r | r | .

b) Prove that (A ) B ( A) A ( ),

where A and B are differentiable vector point functions.

[5+5]
10.

a) If F yi xz j x 2 k and C be the curve x = t, y = 2t2,

3

z = t from t = 0 to t = 1, then evaluate the integral

F dr
C

b) If t 2i t j t j (2t 1)k and (2t 3)i j tk,

d d
then find at t = 2.
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dt
dt

only in their second column.

Show that det(A B) 4(det A det B).

6. a) Find eigen values and the corresponding eigen vectors of

2 2 1

the matrix A 1 3 1 .
1 2 2

1 0 2

b) State Cayley-Hamilton theorem. If A 0 1 1 then

0 1 0

find the inverse of A by using Cayley Hamilton theorem.

1+4=5
7. a) Give an example to show that eigen values of a real matrix
may not be all real. Let A be a real matrix of order n and
X be an eigen vector of A. Show that there exists a unique
eign value of A corresponding to the eigen vector X.
3+2=5
b) Let A and B be two square matrices of the same order
and A be non-singular. Show that the matrices B and
ABA1 have the same eigen values.

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