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PAPER : IIT-JAM 2008

MATHEMATICS-MA

(CODE–A)
Q.1-Q.15: Only one option is correct for each question. Each question carries (+6) marks
for correct answer and (–2) marks for incorrect answer.
n
 cos  / 4 sin  / 4 
1. The least positive integer n, such that   is the identity matrix of order 2, is
 sin  / 4 cos  / 4
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 16

2. Let S  {T :  3   3 ; T is a linear transformation with T (1, 0,1)  (1, 2, 3) and

T (1, 2,3)  (1, 0,1) . Then S is
(a) a singleton set
(b) a finite set containing more than one element
(c) a countable infinite set
(d) an uncountable set

1
n x n 1
3. Let sn   dx for n  1 . Then as n   , the sequence {sn} tends to
0
(1  x )
(a) 0 (b) 1/2 (c) 1 (d) +


4. The work done by the force F  4 yiˆ  3 xyjˆ  z 2 kˆ in moving a particle over the circular path
x 2  y 2  1, z  0 from 1, 0, 0  to  0,1, 0  is
(a)   1 (b)   1 (c)   1 (d)   1

5. The set of all boundary points of  in  is

(a)  (b)  \  (c)  (d) 

 1   xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ

6. Let V   x, y, z   3 :  x 2  y 2  z 2  1 and F  for  x, y , z   V . Let n̂
4 2 2
   x 2
 y 2
 z 
denote the outward unit normal vector to the boundary of V and S denote the part
 1 
 x, y , z    : x  y  z   of the boundary of V. Then  F .ndS
3 2 2 2
ˆ is equal to
 4 S

(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 4 (d) 8

1
7. The set U   x   | sin x   is
 2
(a) open (b) closed
(c) both open and closed (d) neither open nor closed
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8. Let f ( x)   ( x 2  t 2 ) g (t )dt , where g is a real valued continuous function on  . Then f ( x) is
0

equal to
x x
(a) 0 (b) x 3 g ( x ) (c)  g (t )dt (d) 2 x  g (t )dt
0 0

9. Let y 1 (x) and y 2 (x) be linearly independent solutions of t he differential equat ion
y   P( x ) y   Q ( x ) y  0 where P(x) and Q(x) are continuous function on internal I. Then
y3 ( x )  ay1 ( x )  by2 ( x ) and y4 ( x)  cy1 ( x)  dy2 ( x) are linearly independent solutions of the given
differential equation if
(a) ad  bc (b) ac  bd (c) ad  bc (d) ac  bd

10. The set R   f | f is a function from  to  under the binary operations + and . defined as

f  g  n   f  n   g  n  and  f .g  n   f  n  g  n  for all n   forms a ring. Let

S1   f  R | f  n   f  n  for all n   and S 2   f  R | f  0   0 . Then

(a) S1 and S 2 are both ideals in R (b) S1 is an ideal in R while S2 is not
(c) S2 is an ideal in R while S1 is not (d) neither S1 nor S2 is an ideal in R

11. Let T : 3  3 be a linear transformation such that T(1, 2, 3) = (1, 2, 3), T(1, 5, 0) = (2, 10, 0) and
T(–1, 2, –1) = (–3, 6, –3). The dimension of the vector space spanned by all the eigenvectors of T is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

12. Let {an} and {bn} be sequences of real numbers defined as a1  1 and for n  1 , an  1  an  ( 1)n 2 n ,
2 an 1  an
bn  . Then
an
(a) {an} converges to zero and {bn} is a Cauchy sequence
(b) {an} converges to a non-zero number and {bn} is a Cauchy sequence
(c) {an} converges to zero and {bn} is not a convergent sequence
(d) {an} converges to a non-zero number and {bn} is not a convergent sequence

x2
13. Let f (1, 1)   be defined as f ( x )  for x  0 and f (0)  2 . If f ( x )   an x n is the
1  cos x n0


Taylor expansion of f for all x in (1, 1) , then a
n0
2n  1 is

1
(a) 0 (b) (c) 1 (d) 2
2
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14. Let y1 ( x ) and y2 ( x ) be twice differentiable functions on a interval I satisfying the differential
dy1 dy dy
equations  y1  y2  e x and 2 1  2  6 y1  0 . Then y1 ( x ) is
dx dx dx
1 1
(a) C1e 2 x  C2e3 x  e x (b) C1e 2 x  C2e 3 x  e x
4 4
1 1
(c) C1e2 x  C2e 3 x  e x (d) C1e 2 x  C2e 3 x  e x
4 4

15. Let G be a finite group and H be a normal subgroup of G of order 2. Then the order of the centre
of G is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) an even integer  2 (d) an odd integer  3

x 0

16. (a) Let f and g be continuous functions on  such that f  x    g  t  dt and g  x    f  t  dt  1 .

0 x

2 2
Prove that  f  x     g  x    1 for all x   . (6)
(b) Let f :    be a function such that f ' is continuous on  . Show that the series

  x   x 
  f  2n   f  2n  1  
n 1
converges uniformly on [0, 1]. (9)

17. (a) Find the maxima, minima and saddle points, if any, for the function
f ( x, y )  ( y  x 2 ) ( y  2 x 2 ) on  2 . (6)
2 4 6 2n
(b) Let P( x )  a0  a1 x  a2 x  a3 x  ............  an x , where n  1 and
ak  0 for k  0, 1, ....... n. Show that P( x )  xP( x )  0 has exactly two real roots. (9)

18. (a) Given that y1 ( x )  x is a solution of (1  x 2 ) y  2 xy  2 y  0, x  0 , find a second linearly
independent solution. (6)
(b) Solve x 2 y  xy  y  4 x log x, x  0 . (9)

19. (a) Let  be a differential function on [0, 1] satisfying ( x)  1  3( x) for all x  [0,1] with
(0)  0 . Show that 3( x )  e3 x  1 . (6)
(b) If y1 ( x)  x (1  2 x ) , y2 ( x )  2 x(1  x ) and y3 ( x)  x( e x  2 x ) are three solutions of a non-
homogeneous linear differential equation y  P( x ) y  Q( x ) y  R( x) , where P ( x ), Q( x ) and
R ( x) are continuous functions on [a, b] with a>0, then find its general solution. (9)
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4 1 2
cos x 2
20. (a) Evaluate 1 0 2y z dx dy dz . (6)

(b) Find the surface area of the portion of the cone z 2  x 2  y 2 that is inside the cylinder

z2  2 y . (9)

 x dx  ( x  y
2 2
21. (a) Using Green’s theorem to evaluate the integral )dy , where C is the closed
C

curve given by y  0, y  x and y 2  2  x in the first quadrant, oriented counter clockwise. (6)
(b) Let f :    be a continuous function. Use change of variables to prove that
1

 f ( x  y )dx dy   f (u)du where D  {( x. y )  R 2 :| x |  | y | 1} . (9)

D 1

 
22. Using Gauss’s divergence theorem, evaluate the integral ˆ , where F  4 xziˆ  y 2 ˆj  4 yzkˆ ,
 .ndS
F
S

S is the surface of the solid bounded by the sphere x 2  y 2  z 2  10 and the paraboloid
x 2  y 2  z  2 , and n̂ is the outward unit normal vector to S. (15)

23. (a) A square matrix M of order n with complex entries is called skew Hermitian if M  M T  0
where 0 is the zero matrix of order n. Determine whether V  {M | M is a 2 × 2 skew Hermitian
matrix} is a vector space over
(i) the field  and
(ii) the field  with usual operation of addition and scalar multiplication for matrices? (6)
(b) Let V  {P ( x ) | P ( x ) is a polynomial of degree  n with real coefficients and T : V   m be
defined as T ( P( x ))  ( P(1), P(2)........ P(m)) . Show that T is linear and determine the nullity of
T. (9)

24. Let G be the set of all 3×3 real mat rices M such that MM T  M T M  I 3 and let

H  M  G | det M  1 , where I3 is the identity matrix of order 3. Then show that

(i) G is a group under matrix multiplication,
(ii) H is a normal subgroup of G,
(iii)  : G  1, 1 given by   M   det M is onto,
(iv) G/H is abelian. (15)

25. (a) Suppose that (R, +, .) is a ring having the property a.b  c.a  b  c , when a  0 . Then prove
that  R, ,. is a commutative ring. (6)

(b) Let R be a commutative ring with identity. For a1 , a2 , ....., an  R , the ideal generated by
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a1 , a2 , ....., an  is given by

a1 , a2 ,.....an  r1a1  r2 a2  .....  rn an | ri  R, 1  i  n .

Let [ x] be the set of all polynomials with integer coefficients. Consider the ideal

I   f  Z [ x ] | f  0  is an even integer . Prove that I  2, x and that it is a maximal ideal. (9)

26. For a given positive integer n  1 , show that there exist subspaces X 1 , X 2 ,..... X n of  m for some
integer m>n and a linear transformation. T :  m   m such that
 dim X k  k , k  1, 2,...n ,
 
 for i  j, X i  X j  {0} where 0 is zero vector of  m ,

 T ( X k )  X k 1 , k  1, 2,...n, where X 0  {0} .
Also, find the rank of T. (15)

xy
27. Let f : (0, )  (0, ) be a continuously differentiable function and let z  be defined
f ( x  y2 )
2

for xy  0 .
z z xy
(a) Prove that  
x y  f ( x  y ) 
2 2 2 
f  x 2  y 2   2 xy f   x 2  y 2  .  (6)
 
1 z z
(b) Further, if f is homogeneous of degree , then verify that x  y  z.
2 x y
(9)

2n
28. Determine the interval of convergence of the power series  n  2n  1 x
n 1
and show that its sum is

x 2 1  3x 2 
at point x in its interval of convergence. (15)
2 3
1  x 
y
29. (a) Let f :  2   be defined as f ( x , y )  x 2 cos   for x  0 and f ( x , y )  0 for x  0.
x
f
Compute at all points in  2 and show that it is continuous at the origin. (6)
x
(b) Let f : (0,1)  (0, ) be a uniformly continuous function. If {xn} is a Cauchy sequence in (0, 1),
then prove that  f ( xn ) is a Cauchy sequence in (0,  ) .Hence deduce that for any two Cauchy

sequences {xn} and {yn} in (0, 1),  f ( x )  f ( y )  is a Cauchy sequence in (0, ) .

n n (9)

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