COPPERBELT UNIVERSITYPHYSICS DEPARTMENT
MPH 210 (MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR PHYSICS)TUTORIAL SHEET 1: (lighton@aims.ac.za)March 6, 2022
Mathematical Preliminaries
1. Test
∞
n
=1
n
−
p
, where
p
= 0
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, for divergence using the comparisontest.2. Does this sequence converge or diverge,(a)
a
n
=
n
(b)
a
n
=
nn
+1
3. Is the series
∞
n
=1
n
2
convergent or divergent?4. Check for convergence or divergence the series,
∞
n
=112
n
.5. Will the series
∞
n
=1
2
n
converge or diverge? Also find the partial sum
S
4
.6. Does the series
∞
n
=15
n
+37
n
−
4
converge or diverge.7. Check for convergence or divergence on the series
∞
n
=1
n
2
5
n
2
+4
.8. For the following series of functions, check for convergence or diver-gence.(a)
∞
n
=1
f
n
(
x
) =
∞
n
=1
x
n
x
n
+1
(
x
∈
[0
,
1])
(b)
∞
n
=1
f
n
(
x
) =
∞
n
=1(cos
x
)
n
n
(
x
∈
(
−
π,π
)
(c)
∞
n
=1
f
n
(
x
) =
∞
n
=11
x
n
+1
(
x
∈
(0
,
1))
(d)
∞
n
=0
f
n
(
x
) =
∞
n
=0
x
2
(1
−
x
2
)
n
(
x
∈
[
−
1
,
1])
1
9. The total relativistic energy of a particle of mass
m
and velocity
v
is
E
=
mc
2
1
−
v
2
c
2
−
12
,
where
c
is the velocity of light.Find the binomial expansion for this energy and show that for
v
c
the kinetic energy of the particle approaches that of a classical particle.10. By induction, prove that the sum of integers from 1 through
n
, heredenoted
S
n
is given by the formula
S
n
=
n
(
n
+1)2
.11. By induction, show that
n
j
=1
j
4
=
n
30(2
n
+ 1)(
n
+ 1)(3
n
2
+ 3
n
−
1)
12. Multiply
3 + 4
i
by
7
−
3
i
.13. Prove that the sum and product of a complex number and its conjugatecomplex are both real.14. Divide
1 +
i
by
3 + 4
i
.15. If
a
= cos
θ
+
i
sin
θ
, prove that
1+
a
+
a
2
= (1+2cos
θ
)(cos
θ
+
i
sin
θ
)
.16. Express in polar form:
1
−√
2 +
i
17. Solve the following:(a)
+
∞−∞
7(
x
2
−
1)
δ
(
x
)
dx
(b)
+
∞−∞
12
δ
(
x
)
dx
(c)
+
∞−∞
e
3
x
δ
(
x
−
5)
dx
(d)
+
∞−∞
sin(3
x
)
δ
(
x
+ 2)
dx
(e)
4
−∞
g
(
x
)
f
(
x
)
δ
(
x
−
3)
dx
, given that
f
(
x
) = 5
x
+ 9
x
2
and
g
(
x
) =4
x
3
−
1
(f)
5
−∞
(15
x
4
+ 6
x
+ 7)
δ
(
x
−
8)
dx
18. Solve
+
∞−∞
e
−
x
δ
(
x
3
−
x
)
dx
.19. Solve
+
∞−∞
xe
−
2
x
δ
(
x
3
+ 3
x
2
+ 5
x
+ 6)
dx
.2
20. Find the solutions to the following(a)
δ
11
(b)
δ
23
(c)
δ
33
(d)
δ
23
δ
22
21. Simplify the following(a)
δ
km
δ
mn
(b)
δ
ij
δ
kj
δ
in
(c)
p
j
δ
jk
(d)
Γ
jmk
δ
nk
22. Show that if
j
runs from 1 to
n
, then
δ
jj
=
n
Determinants and Matrices
1. Find the determinant
2
−
3 45 1
−
6
−
7 8
−
9
using the elements of the secondrow and also using the rule of Sarrus.2. Evaluate the determinant
log
3
512 log
4
3log
3
8 log
4
9
.3. Evaluate the determinant using elements of the third row for
A
=
0 1 2 31 0 2 02 0 1 31 2 1 0
4. Solve the determinantal equation
2
x
−
1
x
+ 7
x
+ 4
x
6 2
x
−
1
x
+ 1 3
= 0
.5. Using Cramer’s rule, solve the following system of equations:
5
x
−
7
y
+
z
=116
x
−
8
y
−
z
=153
x
+ 2
y
−
6
z
=7
.3
6. Using Cramer’s rule, solve the following system of equations:
2
x
−
3
y
+ 4
z
=
−
9
−
3
x
−
4
y
−
2
z
=
−
124
x
−
2
y
−
3
z
=
−
3
7. Find the value of
λ
, for which the following system of equations isconsistent and has non-trivial solution:
(
λ
−
1)
x
+ (3
λ
+ 1)
y
+ 2
λz
= 0(
λ
−
1)
x
+ (4
λ
−
2)
y
+ (
λ
+ 3)
z
= 02
x
+ (3
λ
+ 1)
y
+ 3(
λ
−
1)
z
= 0
8. Find the value of
k
for which the following system of equations is con-sistent:
3
x
1
−
2
x
2
+ 2
x
3
= 3
x
1
+
kx
2
−
3
x
3
= 04
x
1
+
x
2
+ 2
x
3
= 7
9. Find the values of
x
,
y
,
z
and
‘
a
which satisfy the matrix equation.
x
+ 3 2
y
+
xz
−
1 4
a
−
6
=
0
−
73 2
a
10. If
A
=
1 2 22 1 22 2 1
show that
A
2
−
4
A
−
5
I
= 0
where
I
,
0
are the unitmatrix and the null matrix of order 3 respectively. Use this result tofind
A
−
1
.11. Find the inverse of the matrix
2 5 33 1 21 2 1
.12. If
A
=
1 1 11 2 31 4 9
,
B
=
2 5 33 1 21 2 1
, show that
(
AB
)
−
1
=
B
−
1
A
−
1
.13. Reduce the following matrix into an upper triangular form:
1 2 32 5 73 1 2
.
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