UWA Mathematics Union: MATH1002 Exam Guide Corrections

Conway Li, Mitchell Chiew and Melissa Lee

June 9, 2016

Please note that this list of corrections is not exhaustive. The UWA Mathematics Union is not liable
for any errors contained in this document. If you see a mistake please contact us and we will implement
the correction in further editions of this document.

Multiple Choice Questions

1) As in the alterations, the first factor of the denominator should be (x2 6x + 9). Now, (C) is the
D
correct answer, but does not need the term, (x3)
2.
3) The integral should read

R 1/2 R 1
0

2x

dzdx, which makes the correct answer A.

6) As in the solutions, we may rule out all options except (D) and (E). Now the vector field is purely
horizontal along the line y = x, and purely vertical along the line y = x. Therefore, the answer
is (D), because there are arrows pointing left, which means it cannot be (E).
9) The correct answer is (C), with reasoning as in the solutions.
23) Change the domain of v in both the question and the solutions to be 1 v 2.
26) The reasoning in the solutions is incorrect. When t < 1, all of the Heaviside functions in f (t) are
equal to zero. For 1 t 2, the term H(t 1) is equal to one, with the rest remaining zero, so
f (t) = 1. For 2 t 3, the second term (2 t)H(t 2) is activated, so f (t) = 3 t. The only
function graphed which satisfies all of these conditions is (A).
30) There is a typo; the question should read right-tailed probability of 0.12.

Integration Methods
3) Remember to put absolute value signs around the arguments of ln and a constant +C needs to be
added on the end because its an indefinite integral.
R
5) The reasoning is incorrect in the solutions. For q = 1/2, we have 1 x12q = [ln(x)]
1 , which is infinite.
For q 6= 1/2,
 12q t
Z
t12q 112q
1
x
=
lim
=
lim
t
t 1 2q
x2q
1 2q
1
1
This is finite if and only if q > 1/2. So the integral converges for q > 1/2.
7) The answer should be:


1
1
ln |x| ln |x2 + 2| + C
2
2
8) Put absolute value signs on the arguments of ln.
9) The second integrand on the first line of the solution should be 1 . The integral of
|x|

1
x

is 2 x, so

there is a factor of two missing from both terms. If you follow this through, the correct answer
should be 4 (which is double the erroneous solution).
11) A constant +C needs to be added after integrating, and absolute value signs are needed around the
argument of ln.

Double and Triple Integration

1) The solution is correct, but missing reasoning. The points of intersection may be found by setting
2x2 = x2 1. Rearranging, we have x2 = 1, so x = 1.
4) Again, this solution is lacking some information about how to find the points of intersection. We set
x2 + 3 = x2 + 2x + 3, so rearranging gives 2x2 = 2x, so x = 0 or x = 1, and we substitute these
into one of the functions to find the y-coordinates.
7) This question is unsolvable from the outset due to the fact that the planes intersect in the region. If
you change the cylinder to be the one with equation x2 + y 2 = 1 then you should be able to follow
similar working to that provided and find that the volume is 4.
2

8) The Jacobian matrix is correct, however the Jacobian is incorrect, and the whole expression needs to
be multiplied by 1 to be correct. The answer is


u
1
+ 2

v v
10) The regions given in the solution are incorrect, and should be 0 2, 0 z 1 and 0 r z.
So the integral becomes
Z 1 Z z Z 2
rddrdz
V =
1

2
0

z
dz
2

.
3

11) The denominator of the first line of the solution should instead read 2880n4 . Simpsons rule is
|ES |

M (b a)5
2880n4

(You dont need to remember this equation.) We require



 n(3/n)5

d4
4 
104 > 
max
(5x
)

4
2880 x(0,3) dx
35 4
=
n 120
2880
Giving n 101, 250
n 18

as n is an integer

12) The Mx and My are the wrong way around throughout the solution, but it is otherwise correct.

Parametrisation, Circulation and Flux

2) In the second line of solving the integral, the last term in the brackets should read 5 sin(t), not sin(t).
The rest of the working is correct.
3 2
3) The function p1 is correct. The function
returning

 to the origin should be y = 2 x , and a parametri2t

sation of this is p2 =
r 2 (t) =
for t [0, 2].
3
(2
t)2
2

16) In the second line of the calculation of the circulation, the first term of the integrand should read
(sin(t), 0), which creates an extra negative sign for the rest of the calculation, making the final
answer .

Complex Analysis
1) In the first line of the solution, the left hand side should read g 0 (z0 ). The second line does not follow
from the first, it is just restating the function g(z).
5) This solution is missing from the exam guide, so we give it here.
v
u
v
Let u(x, y) = x2 y 2 + ex cos y. We require u
x = y and y = x . Hence,
v
= 2x + ex cos y
y
v
= 2y + ex sin y
x
3

By inspection, v(x, y) = 2xy + ex sin y. Therefore,

f (z) = (x2 y 2 + ex cos y) + i(2xy + ex sin y)
= (x2 y 2 + i(2xy)) + ex (cos y + i sin y)
= z 2 + ez .

6) This solution is also missing from the exam guide. Firstly, the last term in the statement of Laplaces
2v
equation should be y
2
v
u
v

Since g is analytic, we must have u

x = y and y = x . Applying y to the first equation and

2u
xy
2v
x
2.

to the second equation gives

derivatives are equal. So

2v
y 2

2v
y 2

and

2u
yx

v
= x
2 . Since g is analytic, the mixed

The result immediately follows.

Fourier Series
1) Below the Fourier series is plotted: note at points of discontinuity, the Fourier series is equal to the
midpoint of the limit on either side of the original function.

f (t)

1
-5
5

2) Correction begins after calculate the bn :

1
bn =
1
Z
=

f (t) sin(nt) dt
1
0

Z
(1 + t) sin(nt) dt +

(t 1) sin(nt) dt

regroup, using the fact that sin is anti-symmetric:

Z 1
Z 1
=2
sin(nt) dt +
t sin(nt) dt
1

1 
1
Z 1
cos(nt)
1
1
=2
cos(nt) dt (integration by parts)
+ t cos(nt)
+
n
n
1 n
0
1
2
1
1
1
=
((1)n 1))
((1)n (1)n ) + 2 2 [sin(nt)]1
n
n
n
2(1)n 2 2(1)n
+ 0 as sin(n) = sin(n) = 0
=
n
2
=
n


Therefore the Fourier series is

FSf (t) =

X
n=1

2
sin(nt)
n

3) The function f (x) is plotted below.

f (x)

4) The question as written is very difficult. The correct answer is

bn =
bn =

2n 4
,
n2
2n 4
,
n2

for

n = 4k + 1,

for n = 4k 1,

k = 1, 2, 3, ...
k = 1, 2, 3, ...

giving us a final answer of




 X

X
1
2
4
2k 1
1
k
FSf (x) =
+ (1)
sin
x +
sin(kx)
2k 1
(2k 1)2
2
k
k=1

k=1

If you wish to practice an easier question, suppose that instead you wanted to find the Fourier
series coefficients for the odd periodic extension of f (x) = x defined over the interval [0, 2].

Solution: This has period 4, so use L = 4/2 = 2. The function is odd so the an will be 0.
Thus
Z 2
 nx 
1
f (x) sin
dx
bn =
2 2
2
Z
 nx 
1 2
f (x) sin
dx
=
0
2
Z
 nx 
1 2
=
( x) sin
dx
0
2
Z
Z
 nx 
 nx 
1 2
1 2
=
sin
dx
x sin
dx
0
2
0
2

 nx 2 1  2
 nx 2 1 Z 2 2
 nx 
2
= cos

+
cos
dx (integration by parts)
x cos
n
2

n
2
0
n
2
0
0

 nx 2
2
2
4
= (1 cos (n)) +
sin
last term is just 0
(2 cos(n)) +
n
n
n2
2
0
2
2
= (1 (1)n ) + (1)n
n
n
2
n
= ((1) + 1)
n
4
= if n even, and 0 if n odd
n
2
n
= , where k =
k
2
So the Fourier series can be written
FSf (x) =

X
2
sin(kx)
k

k=1

5) This question is correct although there is not much working provided.

Laplace Transforms
3) There are some minor typos in this question:
1
3
1
5
1
F (s) =

+
3s 6(s + 3) 2(s + 1)
1 5
1
f (t) = e3t + t
3 6
2e
A=

4) In the partial fraction decomposition we should write

1
A Bs + C
= + 2
s(s2 + 4)
s
s +4
After deriving A, B, and C we should then have
F (s) =

1
s

4s 4(s2 + 4)

f (t) =

1
(1 cos(2t))
4

and thus find that

7) At the very end we should have


f (t) =


1 1
cos(3t 2) H(t 2)
3 3