Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2012 Paper 1 17 b Solution by
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For period , use the Fourier series conventionThe Fourier coefficients have prefactor on . First, . For the useful antiderivatives areAt the endpoints and , soConsequently, on ,The Dirichlet-Jordan convergence theorem justifies equality at every point of continuity of the periodic extension. At odd integers the extension has a jump discontinuity between and , so the series converges to their average , regardless of any assigned endpoint value. This is the case of the Fourier series of a periodically extended exponential.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2012 Paper 1 17 a Solution by
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Assume . For any nonzero integer ,For , the product-to-sum identity expresses the integrand as one half the sum of cosines with nonzero frequencies and , so the integral is zero. For , use to get . Finally, for the integrand is one. The complete Fourier orthogonality formula isThe constant mode has twice the squared norm of a positive-frequency cosine mode.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2012 Paper 1 16 c Solution by
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At the origin the Hessian matrix isThus the second-derivative test gives a saddle point. Its opposite signs can also be checked without a test formula: for , whereas for . Both types of values occur arbitrarily close to the zero value at the origin, excluding either a local maximum or a local minimum.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2012 Paper 1 16 b Solution by
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The product rule gives the two partial derivativesThey both vanish at the origin. The exponential function is never zero, so any further stationary point must satisfy or , and or . Having both coordinates nonzero would require both opposite differences to be , which is impossible. If , the nonzero choices are ; if , they are . Hence the full list is
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