Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 2 13C b v Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Taking the derivative of the force-dependent energy givesThus the derivative of the additional minimized internal energy with respect to the applied force equals the resulting endpoint displacement. This is the endpoint force derivative of clamped-free beam energy.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 2 15D b i Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Write the spatial factors of the stationary wavefunction aswhereSince , the decay constant inside the potential barrier is also . Continuity of the wavefunction and its first derivative at and gives four linear equations. Solving them yieldsConsequently the transmitted wave isand its probability density isThis is finite square barrier transmission at half barrier height.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 3 11G Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-10-14
For , the function is differentiable at if there is a linear map such thatThe linear map is unique and is the Fréchet derivative . The function is continuously differentiable at if it is differentiable on a neighbourhood of and the map , with values in the space of linear maps equipped with the operator norm, is continuous at .
If is linear, thenConsequently at every . The derivative is a constant function of , hence is continuous, so every linear map is continuously differentiable everywhere.
The mean value inequality says that if the line segment lies in andthenTo prove it, put . The claim is immediate if . Otherwise set and apply the one-dimensional mean value theorem to the real-valued functionFor some , the chain rule givesas required.
Now suppose that is open and connected and that for every . Every point has an open ball contained in . The mean value inequality with shows that is constant on each such ball, so is locally constant. Fix . The level setis nonempty and open in ; its complement is also open because is locally constant. Since is connected, . This proves the zero derivative on a connected open set result: is constant.
The inverse function theorem states that if is continuously differentiable, , and is an invertible linear map, then there are open neighbourhoods of and of such that is a bijection whose inverse is continuously differentiable.
For the curve in the question, define the continuously differentiable functionThenThe implicit function theorem, which follows from the inverse function theorem applied to , therefore gives an open interval containing , an open neighbourhood of , and a continuously differentiable, hence continuous, function such that
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 3 3B a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Taking the complex derivative along the real direction givesTaking it along the imaginary direction and equating the two expressions gives the Cauchy-Riemann equations
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 3 3B b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Differentiate the affine relation with respect to and :Using the Cauchy-Riemann equations, the second equation becomesThusThe determinant is , so and therefore . A holomorphic function with zero derivative on a connected open set is constant. Hence is constant, as in analytic function with image in an affine real line.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 3 5A Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
Away from , the Green function solves . The solution satisfying the left boundary condition is proportional to , while the solution decaying at infinity is proportional to . Continuity at and the unit derivative jumpgiveor , the dirichlet half-line Green function for d2 minus 1.
The required solution isEvaluation of the two elementary integrals, split at , givesIndeed, direct differentiation gives , and both boundary conditions are immediate.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 3 6D c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Suppose and are two bound-state solutions with the same energy. Their Wronskiansatisfies because the Schrödinger equation contains no first-derivative term. Hence is constant. Both wavefunctions and their derivatives decay at infinity, so there and therefore . The two solutions are linearly dependent. Thus every one-dimensional bound-state energy is nondegenerate.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 2 24F Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
If is a nonconstant holomorphic map between compact connected Riemann surfaces, its local degree at is the integer for which suitable local coordinates giveThe valency theorem states thatis independent of . This common value is the degree of a holomorphic map, denoted .
Now let be a nonconstant rational function of degree . If its distinct finite poles have orders , and its pole order at infinity is , thenThe derivative has a pole of order at each finite pole. When , the expansion shows that at infinity. Hence the degree of the derivative of a rational function isIn the first case , while in the second ; thereforeFor every , the lower bound is attained by , whose derivative has degree (with a constant assigned degree zero). For distinct , the functionhas simple poles, degree , and a derivative with double poles, so . Thus both rational bounds are sharp for every .
Let next be a nonconstant elliptic function for the period lattice . Its degree is the total order of its poles in a fundamental parallelogram; by the valency theorem, this is also the degree of the induced map . If these poles have orders , then , and has poles of orders . The degree of the derivative of an elliptic function is consequentlySince every nonconstant elliptic function has at least one pole and ,
Let be odd. The Weierstrass elliptic function supplies the lower-bound exampleIt has one pole modulo , of order , so its derivative has one pole of order . For the upper bound, choose distinct points modulo and nonzero constants with . The quasi-periodicity of the Weierstrass zeta function makeselliptic. It has exactly simple poles, while has double poles. Therefore the two bounds are attained for every required odd degree.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ia Paper 1 10E b ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
No. Take andThen is differentiable andSince , the product is differentiable at zero withHowever, has one-sided derivatives and and is not differentiable at zero. This is a nondifferentiable factor with a differentiable nondegenerate product.
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To say that is twice differentiable at means that is defined in a neighbourhood of and is differentiable at ; its derivative is .
By the chain rule, near ,Since is differentiable and is differentiable at , another use of the chain rule shows that is differentiable at . The product rule then proves that the displayed product is differentiable. Hence is twice differentiable, with the second derivative chain rule
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ia Paper 1 10E c ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
No. At , letThe function is differentiable at , andso the composite has derivative one at zero. Butis unbounded, so is not differentiable. This is a nondifferentiable inner function with a differentiable nondegenerate composite.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ia Paper 3 11B ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 1 13B Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
Continuity at is automatic in the proposed expression. Integrating the differential equation through gives the derivative jumpThusIn terms of the Wronskianone hasThe boundary conditions hold because and .
The Abel identity gives . If , the Wronskian and hence are constant. The two branches of the displayed formula are then interchanged by , provingThis is the symmetry of the Neumann Green function for a second-order ordinary differential equation in the self-adjoint case.
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At a regular constrained extremum of on , the tangent derivatives of vanish. Since is normal to the constraint surface, the Lagrange multiplier condition isOne solves these equations and then compares the resulting candidates, including any boundary or singular cases.
Let the base have dimensions and , and let the height be . Measure cardboard relative to the thickness of the front and back. The weighted amount used isbecause the bottom has triple thickness, the two front and back faces have ordinary thickness, and the two side faces have double thickness. The constraint is .
The multiplier equations areThey implyThus and ; imposing gives . ThereforeThis is the global minimum: by the arithmetic-geometric mean inequality,and equality holds at these dimensions. This is an instance of weighted open-box minimization.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 2 3B Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
Multiplication by puts the equation in Sturm-Liouville theory form:Multiply the equations for by , subtract and integrate. The boundary term vanishes because at both endpoints and the polynomial derivatives are bounded. Therefore, for ,This is the usual Chebyshev polynomial orthogonality.
Differentiating the original equation and writing givesIts self-adjoint form isThe same subtraction argument now yields, for ,These two relations form the Chebyshev derivative Sturm-Liouville pair.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 3 14B Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
Separation and the fixed-end conditions givePutThe initial displacement and zero initial velocity then give the separated solution of the damped string equation
For the triangular initial displacement,Thus the even coefficients vanish and the odd ones alternate in sign.
The sign of its derivative is clearest directly from the equation. Integration by parts, using at the fixed endpoints, yieldsThis is the energy dissipation identity for a linearly damped string.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 3 17A Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
If the bound is to hold with finite , the error functional must vanish on every polynomial whose fourth derivative is zero. Thus the scheme must be exact for degrees zero through three. Applying it to powers of givesSolving,This is the four-point one-sided second-derivative formula.
The Peano kernel theorem says that if a linear functional annihilates all polynomials of degree below , then for ,
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 4 10F Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
Differentiability at means that there is a linear map such thatThe partial derivatives are when the derivative exists; independently, they may be defined by the corresponding one-variable difference quotients.
Suppose the partial derivatives exist near and are continuous at . Apply the one-dimensional mean value theorem along the two coordinate segments from to . It gives intermediate points such thatContinuity of the partials makes the remainder after subtractingequal to . Hence is differentiable and this is its derivative.
For the given function, writing , at we haveAt the origin both partial derivatives are zero, since and tend to zero. Neither partial is continuous there: along its corresponding coordinate axis the cosine term oscillates without a limit. Neverthelessso is differentiable at the origin with derivative zero. This illustrates that existence of partial derivatives does not imply their continuity.
The final assertion is false. DefineAgain , so is differentiable at the origin and it is smooth elsewhere. But along the -axis,is unbounded near zero, and similarly is unbounded. Thus both partial derivatives can be unbounded in every neighbourhood of a point even when the function is differentiable everywhere.