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(1) Duration: 3 Hours

(2) Enter your name , application number and also sign in the space provided above.
Also write your application form number on the coding sheet.
(3) Do not open the question paper booklet until the Invigilator gives the signal for
the commencement of the examination.
(4) The question paper shall be of 250 marks.
(5) The paper will consist of two parts: Part I (150 marks / 50 questions of 3 marks
each) and Part II (100 marks / 20 questions of 5 marks each).
(6) Part-I contains 50 Multiple Choice Questions having exactly one correct
answer. Shade exactly one option. For each correct answer, three marks
will be given and for an incorrect answer one mark will be deducted.
(7) Part-II consists of 20 Multiple Choice Questions. Questions may have
multiple correct answers and carry five marks. Shade all correct option(s). Five marks will be given only if all correct choice(s) are shaded.
There will be no negative marking in this part.
(8) The answers should be given only in the coding sheet. Do not write or mark
anything in the question paper booklet.
(9) Four rough work sheets are provided.
(10) You are advised to complete answering 10 minutes before the end of the examination and verify all your entries.
(11) Every question paper and OMR sheet has one of the four codes: A, B,
C, D. Check whether the answer booklet code matches with question
paper code.
(12) At the end of the examination when the Invigilator announces Stop writing, you
must stop immediately and place the coding sheet, question paper booklet, rough
work sheets, and acknowledgement letter on the table. You should not leave the
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Part I: For each correct answer 3 marks will be given and for an incorrect answer one
mark will be deducted. The symbols Z, Q, R, and C respectively denote the sets of
integers, rational numbers, real numbers and complex numbers.
(1) How many elements are there in Z[i]/h3 + ii?
A) infinite
C) 10

B) 3
D) finite but not 3 or 10.

B) R but not C
D) C but not R.

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A) C
C) both R and C

(2) Let P be the set of all n n complex Hermitian matrices. Then P is a vector
space over the filed of

(3) Which one of the following is true?

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A) There are infinitely many one-one linear transformations from R4 to R3

B) The dimension of the vector space of all 3 3 skew-symmetric matrices over
the field of real numbers is 6
C) Let F be a field and A a fixed n n matrix over F . If T : Mn (F ) Mn (F ) is
a linear transformation such that T (B) = AB for every B Mn (F ), then the
characteristic polynomial for A is the same as the characteristic polynomial
for T
D) A two-dimensional vector space over a field with 2 elements has exactly 3
different basis.

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(4) Let V and W be vector spaces over a filed F . Let S : V W and T : W V be

linear transformations. Then which one of the following is true?
If
If
If
If

ST is one-to-one, then S is one-to-one

V = W and V is finite-dimensional such that T S = I, then T is invertible
dim V = 2 and dim W = 3, then ST is invertible
T S is onto, then S is onto.

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A)
B)
C)
D)

(5) The order of the automorphism group of Kleins group is

A) 3

B) 4

C) 6

D) 24.

(6) Which one of the following group is cyclic?

A) The group of positive rational numbers under multiplication

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B) The dihedral group of order 30

C) Z3 Z15
D) Automorphism group of Z10 .
(7) Which one of the following is a field?
A) An infinite integral domain
C) Z3 Z15

B) R[x]/hx2 2i
D) Q[x]/hx2 2i.

(8) Which one of the following is true for the transformation T : P2 (R) P2 (R)
defined by T (f ) = f + f 0 + f 00 ?

T is one-to-one but not onto

T is onto but not one-to-one
T is invertible
the matrix of T with respect to the basis {1, x, x2 } is upper triangular.

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A)
B)
C)
D)

(9) In Z[x], the ideal of hxi is

A) maximal but not prime

C) both prime and maximal

B) prime but not maximal

D) neither prime not maximal.

(10) Which one of the following is true for the transformation T : Mn C defined by
P
T (A) = tr A = ni=1 Aii ?

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A) Nullity of T is n2 1
C) T is one-to-one

B) Rank of T is n
D) T (AB) = T (A)T (B) for all A, B Mnn .

(11) Let W1 = {A Mn (C) : Aij = 0 i j} and W2 is the set of symmetric matrices

of order n. Then the dimension of W1 + W2 is
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C) n2

D) n2 n.

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(12) The logarithmic map from the multiplicative group of positive real numbers to the
additive group of real number is
A)
B)
C)
D)

a one-to-one but not an onto homomorphism

an onto but not a one-to-one homomorphism
not a homomorphism
an isomorphism.

(13) If f is a group homomorphism from (Z, +) to (Q {0}, ) such that f (2) = 1/3,
then the value f (8) is
A) 81

B) 1/81

C) 1/27

D) 27.

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(14) The quotient group Q8 /{1, 1} is isomorphic to

A) (Q8 , )
C) (V4 , +)

B) ({1, 1}, )
D) (Z4 , +).

(15) The converse of Lagranges theorem does not hold in

A)
B)
C)
D)

A4 , the alternating group of degree 4

A4 Z2
the additive group of integers modulo 4
Kleins four group.

M2 (Z)
Z7
Z6
C[0, 1] of all continuous functions from [0, 1] to R.

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A)
B)
C)
D)

(16) The ring (R, +, ) is an integral domain when R is

(17) The polynomial ring Z[x] is

A)
B)
C)
D)

a field
a principal ideal domain
unique factorization domain
Euclidian domain.

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(18) An algebraic number is a root of a polynomial whose coefficients are rational. The
set of algebraic numbers is

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A) finite
C) uncountable

B) countably infinite
D) none of these.

(19) Let f : A A and B A. Then which one of the following is always true?

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A) B f 1 (f (B))
C) B f (f 1 (B))

B) B = f 1 (f (B))
D) B = f (f 1 (B)).

(20) Which one of the following does not imply a = 0?

A) For all  > 0, 0 a < 
C) For all  > 0, a < 

B) For all  > 0,  < a < 

D) For all  > 0, 0 a  .

(21) Let X and Y be metric spaces and f : X Y be continuous. Then f maps

A) open sets to open sets and closed sets to closed sets

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B) compact sets to bounded sets

C) connected sets to compact sets
D) bounded sets to compact sets.
(22) Suppose f : [0, 1] R is bounded. Then
A) f is Riemann integrable on [0, 1]
B) f is continuous on [0, 1] except for finitely many points implies
f is Riemann integrable on [0, 1]
C) f is Riemann integrable on [0, 1] implies f is continuous on [0, 1]
D) f is Riemann integrable on [0, 1] implies f is monotone function.

uniformly continuous
not differentiable
continuous but not uniformly continuous
not continuous.

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A)
B)
C)
D)

(23) Let f : R R be defined by f (x) = sin x3 , then f is

(24) Consider the sequence hfn i defined by fn (x) = 1/(1 + xn ) for x [0, 1]. Let
f (x) = limn fn (x). Then
A)
B)
C)
D)

For 0 < a < 1, hfn i converges uniformly to f on [0, a]

the sequence hfn i converges uniformly to f on [0, 1]
the sequence hfn i converges uniformly to f on [1/2, 1]
the sequence hfn i converges uniformly to f on [0, 1].

the
the
the
the

circle centered at the origin and radius 1

rectangle with vertices at (0, 1), (1, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1)
rectangle with vertices at (1, 1), (1, 1), (1, 1), (1, 1)
triangle with vertices (0, 1), (1, 1), (1, 1).

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B)
C)
D)

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(25) The open unit ball B((0, 0), 1) in the metric space (R2 , d) where the metric d is
defined by d((x1 , y1 ), (x2 , y2 )) = |x1 x2 | + |y1 y2 | is the inside portion of

(26) Let han i and hbn i be two sequences of real numbers such that an = bn bn+1 for
P
n N. If
bn is convergent, then which of the following is true?
P
A)
a may not converge
P n
P
B)
an is convergent and
a = b1
P
P n
C)
a is convergent and
a =0
P n
P n
D)
an is convergent and
an = a1 b 1 .

(27) Let f be a real-valued function on [0, 1] such that f (0) = 1 and f (1) = 1/2, then
there always exists a t (0, 1) such that

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A) f 0 (t) = 2
C) f 0 (t) = 3/2

B) f 0 (t) = 1
D) f 0 (t) = 1/2.

(28) Let S and T be subsets of R. Select the incorrect statement:

A)
B)
C)
D)

(int S) (int T ) = int(S T )

(int S) (int T ) int(S T )
S is closed in R
T is the largest closed set containing T .

(29) The number of solutions of the equation 3x + 4x = 5x in the set of positive real
numbers is exactly
B) 2

C) 3

D) 5.

A) 1

A)
B)
C)
D)

f
f
f
f

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(30) Let f : R R be differentiable and f 0 be bounded. Then

has a local maximum at exactly one point of R
has a local maximum at exactly two point of R
is uniformly continuous on R
+ f 0 is uniformly continuous on R.
2

(31) Let an = 2n + n2 for n 100 and an = 3 + (1)n 2nn+1 for n > 100. Then
is a Cauchy sequence
is an unbounded sequence
has exactly three limit points
has two convergent subsequences converging to two different points.

han i
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B)
C)
D)

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(32) Let the function f : R2 R be defined by f (0, 0) = 0 and f (x, y) =

(x, y) 6= (0, 0). Then
f is continuous on R2
f is continuous at all points of R2 except at (0, 0)
fx (0, 0) = fy (0, 0)
f is bounded.

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A)
B)
C)
D)

(33) Let f : [0, 1] R be defined by

1/2 if x = 1/4
f (x) = 1/4 if x = 1/2

0
if x [0, 1] \ {1/4, 1/2}.
Then
A) f is Riemann integrable and

R1
0

f (x)dx = 3/4

x3 y 3
x2 +y 2

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B) f is Riemann integrable and 0 f (x)dx = 1/4
R1
C) f is Riemann integrable and 0 f (x)dx = 0
D) f is not Riemann integrable.

R sin x
(34) Let f : [0, /2] R be continuous and satisfy 0 f (t)dt = 3x/2 for 0 x
/2. Then f (1/2) equals

B) 1/ 2

A) 1/2

(35) For n N, let fn (x) =

cos
x
n

D) 1.

for x (0, /2]. Then

hfn i converges uniformly on (0, /2) but not on (0, /2]

hfn i converges uniformly on (0, /2]
hfn i converges uniformly on (0, /4) but not on (0, /4]
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A)
B)
C)
D)

sin x
x

C) 1/ 3

(36) Define a metric d on R by d(x, x) = 0 for any x and d(x, y) = 1 for any x, y with
x 6= y. Let han i be a Cauchy sequence in hR, di. Then
A)
B)
C)
D)

han i is a constant sequence

han i contains infinitely many points
han i contains at most finite number of distinct points
none of these.

(37) The singular solution of y = px + p3 , p = dy/dx is

B) 4x2 + 27y 3 = 0
D) 4x3 + 27y 2 = 0.

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C) 4y 2 27x3 = 0

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(38) Consider the following initial value problem: (x + 1)2 y 00 2(x + 1)y 0 + 2y = 1
subject to the condition y(0) = 0 and y 0 (0) = 1. Given that x + 1 and (x + 1)2 are
linearly independent solutions of the corresponding homogeneous equation, the
value of y(1/2) is equal to

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B) 7/8

C) 0

D) 1/24.

(39) Assume that all the roots of the polynomial equation an xn +an1 xn1 + +a1 x+
a0 = 0 have negative real parts. If u(t) is any solution to the differential equation:
an u(n) + an1 u(n1) + + a1 u0 + a1 u = 0, the value of the limit limt u(t) is
A) 0

B) n

C)

D) 1.

(40) The initial value problem y 0 = y 2/3 with 0 x a for any positive real number a
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A)
B)
C)
D)

infinitely many solutions

more than one but finitely many solutions
unique solution
no solution.

(41) One of the particular integrals of the partial differential equation r 2s + t =

cos(2x + 3y) is
A) cos(2x + 3y)
C) sin(2x + 3y)

B) cos(2x + 3y)
D) none of these.

(42) The region in which the equation xuxx + uyy = x2 is hyperbolic is

B) the half plane x > 0

D) the half plane x < 0.

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A) the whole plane R2

C) the half plane y > 0

(43) The solution of Cauchy problem ut + uus = x, u(x, 0) = 1 is u(x, t) =

A) x tanh t + sech t
C) (x2 + t2 ) sin t

B) tanh t + sech t
D) none of these.

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(xy/z, y 2 /(x2 + z 2 )) = 0
(y/z, (x2 + y 2 + z 2 )/x) = 0
(y/z, (x2 + y 2 + z 2 )/z) = 0
(y/(zx), x2 /(y 2 + z 2 )) = 0.

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B)
C)
D)

(44) The integral surface that satisfies the first order partial differential equation:
z
z
(x2 y 2 z 2 )
+ 2xy
= 2xz
x
y
is given by

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(45) Consider the diffusion equation uxx = ut with 0 < x < and t > 0, subject
to the initial and boundary conditions: u(x, 0) = 4 sin 2x for 0 < x < and
u(0, t) = 0 = u(, t) for t > 0. Then, u(/8, 1) is equal to:

A) 4e4 / 2

B) 4e9 / 2

C) 4/e2

D) 4/ e.

(46) The general solution to the second order partial differential equation uxx + uxy
2uyy = (y + 1)ex is given by
A)
B)
C)
D)

1 (y x) + 2 (y + 2x) + xey
1 (y + x) + 2 (y 2x) + yex
1 (y + x) + 2 (y 2x) + xey
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(47) The trajectories of the system of differential equations dx/dt = y and dy/dt = x
are
A) ellipses

B) hyperbolas

C) circles

D) spirals.

(48) The backward Euler method for solving the differential equation y 0 = f (x, y) is
A)
B)
C)
D)

yn+1
yn+1
yn+1
yn+1

= yn + hf (xn , yn )
= yn + hf (xn+1 , yn+1 )
= yn1 + 2hf (xn , yn )
= (1 + h)f (xn+1 , yn+1 ).

xn+1
xn+1
xn+1
xn+1

= f (xn )/f 0 (xn ), f 0 (xn ) 6= 0

= xn + f (xn )/f 0 (xn ), f 0 (xn ) 6= 0
= xn1 f (xn )/f 0 (xn ), f 0 (xn ) 6= 0
= xn f (xn )/f 0 (xn ), f 0 (xn ) 6= 0.

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A)
B)
C)
D)

(49) The Newton-Raphson formula for finding approximate root of the equation f (x) =
0 is

(50) If Eulers method is used to solve the initial value problem y 0 = 2ty 2 , y(0) = 1
numerically with step size h = 0.2, the approximate value of y(0.6) is
A) 0.7845

B) 0.8745

C) 0.8754

D) 0.7875.

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Part II: Questions may have multiple correct answers and carry five marks. Five
marks will be given only if all correct choices are marked. There will be no
negative marks.

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(51) There exists a finite field of order

B) 12

C) 81

D) 121.

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A) 6

(52) If S3 and A3 respectively denote the permutation group and alternating group,
then
A)
B)
C)
D)

A3 is the Sylow 3-subgroup of S3

Sylow 2-subgroup of S3 is unique
{I, (12)}, {I, (12)}, {I, (23)} are Sylow 2-subgroup of S3
A3 is not a normal subgroup of S3 .

(53) Let G be a group of order 105 and H be its subgroup of order 35. Then
A) H is a normal subgroup of G

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B) H is cyclic
C) G is simple
D) H has a normal subgroup K of order 5 and K is normal in G.
(54) The quotient group R/Z is
A)
B)
C)
D)

an infinite Abelian group

cyclic
the same as {r + Z : 0 r < 1}
isomorphic to the multiplicative group of all complex numbers of unit modulus.

(55) Which of the following pairs of groups are isomorphic to each other?
B) hQ, +i, hR+ , i
D) Aut(Z3 ), Aut(Z4 ).

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C) hR, +i, hR+ , i

(56) Let V and W be finite-dimensional vector spaces and T : V W be a linear

transformation. Then
A)
B)
C)
D)

< dim W T cannot be onto

> dim W T cannot be one-to-one
+ null T = rank T
= dim W T is invertible .

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dim V
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the matrix of T with respect to the usual basis of R3 is At
the eigenvalues of T are either 1 or 1
T is surjective.

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A)
B)
C)
D)

(57) Let T : R3 R3 be a linear transformation given by the formula T (x, y, z) =

A(x y z)t where A is a 3 3 real orthogonal matrix of determinant 1. Then

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(58) Choose the correct statements

A)
n=1 [1/n, 2] = [0, 2]

C) n=1 (1 1/n, 2] = (1, 2]

B)
n=1 (1/n, 2] = (0, 2]
D)
n=1 [1 1/n, 2] = [1, 2].

(59) If Q A R, which of the following must be true?

A)
B)
C)
D)

If
If
If
If

A
A
A
A

is
is
is
is

open, then A = R
closed, then A = R
uncountable, then A is closed
countable, then A is closed.

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(60) The function f : [0, 1] [0, 1] defined by f (0) = 0 and f (x) = x2 sin(1/x) for
x 6= 0, is
A)
B)
C)
D)

differentiable on (0, 1)
is continuous on [0, 1]
is continuous on [0, 1] but not differentiable at 0
is uniformly continuous.

Rb
limn a f (x) sin nxdx =
Rb
limn a f (x) cos nxdx =
Rb
limn a f (x) sin nxdx = 0
Rb
limn a f (x) cos nxdx = 0.

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B)
C)
D)

(61) Let f : [a, b] [a, b] be a continuous function. Then

(62) Which of the following statements about a sequence of real numbers are true?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Every
Every
Every
Every

bounded sequence has a convergent subsequence

sequence has a monotonic subsequence
sequence has a limit point
sequence has a countable number of terms.

(63) Let han i = h1, 1, 1/2, 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, . . . i be a sequence of real numbers. Then

han i has infinite number of limit points

lim supn an = 1
lim inf n an = 0
han i has infinite number of convergent subsequences.

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B)
C)
D)

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(64) Let f : R R be given by f (x) = min{x, x + 1, |x 2|}. Then

f
f
f
f

is continuous on R
is not differentiable at exactly two points
increases on the interval (, 1]
decreases on the interval [1, 2].

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A)
B)
C)
D)

(65) Let Fn = [1/n, 1/n] for each n N and let F =

n=1 Fn . Then
A)
B)
C)
D)

F contains finite number of points

sup{|x y| : x, y F } = 0
inf{|x y| : x, y F } = 0
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(66) Let d1 , d2 , d3 , d4 : R2 R be defined by

p
d1 (x, y) = |x y|,
d2 (x, y) = |x2 y 2 |,
d3 (x, y) = | sin x sin y|,
d4 (x, y) = | tan1 x tan1 y|.
Then which of the following is/are metric on R?
A) d1

B) d2

C) d3

D) d4 .

(67) Which of the following is/are true for the initial value problem: xy 0 = 2y, y(a) = b:

there is unique solution near (a, b) if b 6= 0

there is no solution if a = 0 but b 6= 0
there are infinitely many solutions if a = b = 0
the function y = x2 if y 0 and y = cx2 if x 0 is one of the solutions.

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B)
C)
D)

(68) The solution of the partial differential equation z = pq where p = z/x and
q = z/y is
A) z = (x + a)(x + b)
C) z = ax + a2 + by

B) 4z = (ax + y/a + b)2

D) none of these.

(69) Consider the second order Sturm - Liouville problem: x2 y 00 + xy 0 + y = 0 where

0 , subject to the conditions: y 0 (1) = y 0 (e2 ) = 0. Pick out the true statements

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A) For = 1, the given problem has infinitely many solutions

B) For = 0, only solution to the given problem is the trivial solution
C) The characteristic values n of the given problem can be arranged in a monotonically increasing sequence
D) For = 1/16, a non-trivial solution exists.

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(70) For any integer n 2, let Sn = {(x, y) R2 : (x 21 )2 + y 2 = n12 } and S =

{(x, y) R2 : x2 + y 2 1}. The second order partial differential equation:
(x2 1)uxx + 2yuxy uyy = 0 is
A)
B)
C)
D)

elliptic on
n=2 Sn
elliptic on
n=3 Sn and parabolic on S2
hyperbolic in R2 S
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