Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2024 Paper 1 17 c Solution by
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Take in the substitution rule, so . The transformed integral isThe two terms follow from the derivatives of the natural logarithm and the inverse tangent. Returning to gives the antiderivative
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2024 Paper 1 17 b 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 2024 Paper 1 17 a Solution by
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The original PDF places the outside the square root. Use the substitution rule with , so and the endpoints become and . Polynomial division givesHence the definite integral is
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2024 Paper 1 15 b Solution by
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For the natural logarithm, , , , and . The quadratic Taylor polynomial therefore givesThe Taylor remainder is with . It is positive, so the approximation is an underestimate. Moreover,Thus is a valid upper bound on the absolute error.
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Taylor's theorem gives a finite Taylor polynomial of degree , consisting of the first terms, and a remainder:In the Taylor theorem with Lagrange remainder form, assuming the required derivatives exist on an interval containing and ,for some strictly between and when ; at the remainder is zero. In particular, if on that segment, then . This is a finite expansion; it does not assume equality with an infinite Taylor series.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2024 Paper 1 14 c Solution by
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The scaling relation says that is a homogeneous function of degree . Fix and differentiate the identity with respect to the positive parameter . The chain rule givesSetting proves the Euler theorem for homogeneous functions identityDifferentiate once more with respect to , using equality of the mixed partial derivatives for the assumed twice continuously differentiable function:At this is the second-order Euler identity for homogeneous functions:The repeated parameter differentiation accounts for the factor , rather than .
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Put . Apply implicit differentiation with respect to and , using the chain rule:ConsequentlyAt a point where the assumed differentiable function exists, the first equation forces . Combining the equations therefore givesThe assertion is understood on such differentiable branches of the implicit function; arbitrary parameter choices need not produce one everywhere.
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The Pythagorean theorem gives . Taking a total differential gives , soThe area of the right triangle is , so the product rule gives andThe prescribed small changes therefore give : the area decreases by approximately . For comparison, retaining the product of the two finite percentage changes gives , an exact decrease of ; the total differential retains only the first-order terms.
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