AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY-BANGLADESH
Faculty of Science and Technology
Department of Mathematics
Matrices, Vectors and Fourier Analysis
Sample Question
Final Examination Spring: 2022-23
Coordinators: Dr. Dilruba Yasmin & Roushanara Begum
Part-A (Short Questions)
1. Test linear dependency and independency of vectors.
2. Write Linear combination of vectors where scalar values are given.
3. Find the eigenvalue(s) of a matrix (2 by 2, 3 by 3).
4. Find inverse matrix (2 by 2) by using Cayley Hamilton theorem.
5. Point transformation from one coordinate system to other coordinate system (Cartesian to
Cylindrical; Cylindrical to Spherical; Spherical to Cartesian and vice versa).
6. Find the eigenvalue(s) λ of a square matrix A if A V = λ V where matrix A and
eigenvector (s) (V ) are given.
7. Write the statement of Stokes’ Theorem.
8. Write the statement of Gauss’s Divergence Theorem.
9. Write the statement of Cayley-Hamilton Theorem.
10. Definition (i.e., eigen value, eigenvector, characteristic matrix, vector spaces, subspace,
linear dependency and independency of vectors, linear combination etc).
Part-B (Broad Questions)
1. (a) Solve the system of ordinary first order differential equations by using eigenvalues &
eigenvectors.
(b) State Cayley-Hamilton theorem and using Cayley Hamilton Theorem find the
inverse of the matrix A (3 by 3). Hence verify your result.
2. (a) Directional derivative of a scalar function along a direction (vector in Cartesian,
Cylindrical and Spherical coordinate systems) at a point.
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(b) Find Gradient of a scalar function at the given point in Cartesian, Cylindrical and
Spherical coordinate systems.
(c) Find divergence of a vector field in three coordinate systems (Cartesian, Cylindrical
and Spherical coordinate systems) at a given point.
(d) Check whether the vector field in Cartesian, Cylindrical and Spherical coordinate
systems is solenoidal or conservative(irrotational) in Cartesian, Cylindrical and
Spherical coordinate systems.
(e) Test whether the vector,⃗A is a conservative force field. If conservative, find the scalar
potentialT such that⃗A=⃗∇ T . Hence find the work done in moving an object in this
field from A to B in Cartesian/Cylindrical/Spherical coordinate systems.
3. Verify the Stokes Theorem (Cartesian/Cylindrical coordinate systems).
4. Verify the Gauss’s Divergence Theorem (Cartesian/Cylindrical coordinate systems).