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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2023 Paper 1 12 a i Solution by
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At height , the circular sector has radius and angle . Its area is , so slicing by horizontal cross-sections gives the volume integralUse the substitution rule . ThenAn integration by parts gives the antiderivative , whose endpoint difference is . Therefore
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2023 Paper 1 11 b ii Solution by
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The denominator requires . Write , where and . Multiplication by the nonzero denominator givesso . Conversely, if and , then and . Thus the required Argand diagram consists exactly ofThese are two perpendicular straight lines, with the origin removed as shown in the figure in part (i).
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2023 Paper 1 11 b i Solution by
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Since , equating its real part and imaginary part gives , orThe quadratic equation in factors as . Thus the set is the union of two straight lines through the origin:Their slopes multiply to , so they are perpendicular. Their angles to the real axis are and , modulo . The origin is included.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2023 Paper 1 11 a ii Solution by
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Multiply numerator and denominator by the complex conjugate :Thus the real part is and the imaginary part is .
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 18 a iii Solution by
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The standard Fourier series iswith Fourier coefficientsThese follow by taking inner products with the individual basis vectors and using their orthogonality and squared norms.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 18 a ii Solution by
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With inner product , orthogonality meansThe constant function has squared norm , and each sine or cosine has squared norm . Thus the displayed family is orthogonal but not normalized; these different lengths determine the coefficient factors.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 18 a i Solution by
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A standard complete orthogonal family is the real Fourier basisCompleteness gives expansion in the L2 space for a square-integrable function. Mere integrability alone does not guarantee pointwise convergence of a Fourier series; the explicit function in part (b) is continuous and piecewise smooth, so this issue does not obstruct its expansion.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 17 b iii Solution by
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For , the matrix is invertible, so there is exactly one solution. To exhibit it, subtract the first linear equation from the third to obtain , then subtract twice the second from the first to obtain . Back-substitution givesAt , the first and third linear equations have identical left-hand sides but right-hand sides one and three, so there is no solution.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 17 b ii Solution by
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 17 b i Solution by
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 16 b ii Solution by
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For , the vector field is . On the cone,The first term has zero integral by symmetry. Using polar coordinates for the remaining double integral givesOn the paraboloid ,Again the term cancels by symmetry, givingTherefore direct surface integral yieldsNo separate disk at is included: that rim joins the two surfaces and is not an additional face of the closed boundary.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 16 b i Solution by
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Both patches project onto the unit disk in the -plane. Their outward oriented surface elements areThe cone's apex has zero area and does not affect the surface integral. For , the vector field is , soThe terms involving vanish by reflection symmetry of the disk. Thus the total outward flux isThis calculation evaluates the two surface integrals directly.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 15 a iii Solution by
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Here as well, but the branch through is the other inverse-sine branch:Its derivative is , and both the sign of and the original equation agree with this choice.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 15 a ii Solution by
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Again . Since the initial sine is nonzero, the local branch must satisfy . Selecting the inverse-sine branch through givesThis passes through the specified point and has , which verifies the original equation on this interval.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 15 a i Solution by
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The initial data force , so the implicit relation factors as . Near this permits either the constant branch or the sine branch:Both satisfy the original equation, including its degenerate value at the initial point. They have different slopes there, zero and one, so the initial value problem is not unique. There are no further differentiable local branches through that point: away from the two factors cannot switch, and joining the two different branches at zero would give unequal one-sided derivatives.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 14 a iii Solution by
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Let be the independent avocado count. There are three disjoint ways to have fewer than two total trees: no trees, only one avocado, or only one lemon. Their probabilities giveThe sum is generally a Poisson binomial distribution, rather than a single binomial distribution, because the two success probabilities may differ.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 14 a ii Solution by
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Take the complement of an event: fewer than two successes means zero or one. These mutually exclusive events have probabilities and . Hence
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Let count successful lemon seeds. By independence it has a binomial distribution with five trials and success probability . Therefore
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 2 13 a iii Solution by
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Put . The second coordinate is exactly , so this is the same parabola as in part (i), with a different increasing parametrization. Since runs from zero to one and , the line integral isEquivalently, substitute the original parameter to get . This demonstrates that a line integral depends on the oriented path, not on its speed of traversal.
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