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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

LINEAR ALGEBRA, DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS AND ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL

QUESTION BANK
Module-3: Power Series Expansions, Indeterminate forms and
Multivariate
Calculus
1. State Taylor’s theorem for a single variable. Obtain the Taylor’s series expansion of

𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 about x  up to the fourth degree terms.
3
2. Obtain the Taylor’s series expansion of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒 𝑥 about 𝑥 = 1 upto the term
containing fourth degree and hence find 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒 (1.1)
3. Expand 𝑡𝑎𝑛−′ 𝑥 in powers of (𝑥 − 1) upto the term containing fourth degree.
𝜋
4. Expand 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 in power of (𝑥 − 2 ) upto fourth degree term.
5. Obtain the Maclaurin’s expansion of
a) e Sinx b) 𝑒 𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 c) log Secx d) log(1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥) e) √1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥
−′
f) 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥
6. Evaluate the following:
1 1
 Sinx  x2  ax  bx  cx  x
a) lim x x b) lim   c) lim  
x 0 x 0 x 0
 x   3 
1
 Tanx  x 1 𝜋𝑥
𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛( ⁄2𝑎)
d) lim   e) lim (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥)𝑥2 f) lim (2 − 𝑎)
x 0
 x  𝑥→0 𝑥→𝑎
1
𝑎 𝑥
g) lim
𝜋
(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥)𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 h) lim (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥)𝑥2 i) lim (1 + 𝑥 )
𝑥→ ⁄2 𝑥→∞ 𝑥→∞
1
1
𝑎𝑥 +𝑏𝑥 𝑥
j) lim(𝑥)1−𝑥 k) lim ( ) l) lim (1 − 𝑥 2 )1/log(1−𝑥)
𝑥→1 𝑥→0 2 𝑥→1

 2u 2  u
2
7. If u  f  x  ay   g  x  ay  , show that   a .
y 2 x 2
u u
8. If u  eax by f  x  ay  , prove that b  a  2abu.
x y
u u u
9. If u  log  x3  y 3  z 3  3xyz  , prove that (i)
3
   .
x y z x  y  z
2
     9
(ii)     u  .
 x y z  x  y  z
2

x y z u u u
10. If u    , show that x  y  z 0.
yz zx x y x y z
  y du
11. If u  Tan 1   , where x  et  e t , y  et  e t find .
x dt
1 du
12. If u  e x Sin  yz  , where x  t 2 , y  t  1,z  find at t  1.
t dt
du 
13. If z  xy  yz  zx , where x  t Cost, y  t S int,z  t find at t  .
dt 4
14. If u  f  x, y  where x  r Cos , y  r Sin , prove that
2
 u   u   u  1  u 
2 2 2

       2   .
 x   y   r  r   
x y z u u u
15. If u  f  r,s,t  where r  ,s  ,t  , show that x  y  z  0.
y z x x y z
 yx zx
16. If u  f   , prove that x ux  y u y  z uz  0 .
2 2 2
,
 xy xz 
  u,v    x, y 
17. If u  x 1  y  ,v  xy find J  and J   . Verify that J J   1.
  x, y    u,v 
  x, y    u,v 
18. If x  ev Secu, y  e v Tanu , verify that  1.
  u,v    x, y 
19. If  x, y  are the Cartesian co-ordinates and  r,  are the polar co-ordinate of a point in
  x, y    r, 
the xy- plane, verify that . 1
  r,    x, y 
xy yz zx   u,v,w    x, y,z 
20. If u  ,v  ,w  verify that . 1
z x y   x, y,z    u,v,w 
21. Find the extreme values of the function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 − 3𝑥 − 12𝑦 + 20
𝑎 𝑎
22. Show that 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥𝑦(𝑎 − 𝑥 − 𝑦), 𝑎 > 0, 𝑥, 𝑦 ≠ 0 is maximum at (3 , 3).
23. Show that 𝑧(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 − 3𝑥𝑦 + 1 is minimum at (1,1)