Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ii Paper 3 40D c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
For the wave scheme, use . After multiplying by , the recurrence becomesEquivalently,Because the two roots have product one, both lie on the unit circle precisely whenThis must hold for every . At it requires . Since the question assumes , stability is possible only for . The condition at then becomesor . With the stipulated , the centered three-level wave scheme is stable exactly whenFor every , sufficiently long-wavelength modes have a real root larger than one, whatever the value of .