Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 336 2 iii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
The first of the Gaussian drift primitives, , is an even function; the second, , is an odd function. Their derivatives follow by the fundamental theorem of calculus. In particular is the Dawson function, which behaves as . Since the error function tends to , the derivative of behaves as at either end. Integration therefore givesAlso on the left and on the right. The two inner overlaps are consequentlyExpressing the outer expansions in requires the left constant and the right constant . Equating those constants gives the stated . This is exactly how a logarithmic overlap creates a switchback term: . Adding the outer solutions and removing these overlaps leaves the displayed additive composite expansion.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 2 11F b v Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
True. By the Weierstrass approximation theorem, choose polynomials with uniformly. Define by integrating exactly times and choose the integration constants so thatThen , and repeated use of the fundamental theorem of calculus givesEvery derivative therefore converges uniformly as required.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 4 23F b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
LetThe fundamental theorem of calculus and the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality giveThus the one-half Hölder seminorm is at most .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ib Paper 3 12E b ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
For , the Lipschitz condition givesChoose so that . Then is a contraction mapping. The space is complete in the sup norm, and therefore also in the equivalent weighted norm.
For initial value , defineIt has the same contraction constant. The Banach fixed-point theorem gives a unique fixed point , which satisfies the integral equation. The fundamental theorem of calculus then givesConversely every solution satisfies that integral equation, proving uniqueness on . This weighted-norm argument is the Bielecki norm method.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 105 1 a Solution 2026-10-03
Write . Since has arithmetic mean zero,and the pairwise-difference identity givesFirst take smooth. Join to by changing one coordinate at a time and apply the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality:For a one-dimensional slice , the fundamental theorem of calculus yieldsIntegrating the th summand over therefore gives at most . HenceThe density of smooth functions in a Sobolev space extends the estimate to every . Thus
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ia Paper 1 3E a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
Define . By the fundamental theorem of calculus, . The chain rule givesIntegrating from to and using , yields the change of variables formulaThe argument also covers a decreasing because both integrals are oriented.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 4 22I c ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
The preceding estimate makes equicontinuous, andmakes it uniformly bounded. The Arzelà-Ascoli theorem therefore supplies a subsequence converging uniformly to a continuous function . On every mesh interval,including an endpoint by using the adjacent interval. Consequently uniformly along the same subsequence.
All and lie in one compact ball. The restriction of the continuous vector field to that ball is uniformly continuous, so uniformly. Passing to the limit in the defining equation givesThe fundamental theorem of calculus now makes differentiable and yields . This proves the required special case of the Peano existence theorem; uniqueness need not hold because was assumed continuous but not locally Lipschitz continuous.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 ib Paper 4 10F a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Fix and a coordinate direction . The fundamental theorem of calculus givesFor sufficiently small , the points lie in a fixed compact set. The continuity of makes it uniformly continuous there, so the right-hand side converges to uniformly in . We may consequently pass the limit through the finite integral:
To prove continuity, if , joint continuity makes uniformly for once the lie in a compact neighbourhood of . Hence . This proves the stated differentiation under the integral sign result and the continuity of every partial derivative.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 ib Paper 4 4C Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
The one-dimensional Time-dependent Schrödinger equation for a wavefunction in a real potential isMultiplying this equation by , multiplying its complex conjugate by , and subtracting gives the probability continuity equationIf and its first derivative decay sufficiently rapidly as , then the probability current vanishes at both ends. Integrating the continuity equation and using the fundamental theorem of calculus yieldsThis conservation of quantum probability is required by the Born rule: once a normalizable wavefunction has total probability one, its time evolution must preserve that normalization.
For the stated Gaussian wave packet, put . Sinceits squared modulus isThe Gaussian integral then giveswhich is independent of time, as required.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 115 2 d Solution Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-03
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 352 1 e Solution 2026-09-29
The volumetric flow rate is . Integration by parts, using finite and , givesBecause the stress magnitude is , change variables from to :Therefore the required power is . The fundamental theorem of calculus gives the pipe form of the Weissenberg–Rabinowitsch equation:Finally , soA measured pressure-drop--flow-rate curve therefore recovers the wall viscosity without assuming a constitutive form.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 ia Paper 1 12D Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
It is enough to treat an increasing function; replacing by handles a decreasing one. Let be the common refinement of dissections and . Refinement raises lower Darboux sums and lowers upper ones, so
For the uniform dissection , monotonicity gives the telescoping differenceThis can be made smaller than any , so the Riemann integrability criterion proves that is integrable.
The integral lies between the lower and upper sums, and the displayed sum in the question is the right-endpoint upper sum. Hence the generally valid sharp estimate isThe strict inequality printed in the question is false for arbitrary monotone functions: if for and , the two sides of (1) are both .
For the final claim, writeSince is continuous on a compact interval, it is uniformly continuous. Uniformly for ,After the substitution , summing the uniform errors givesThe right-hand sum is a Riemann integral, so the fundamental theorem of calculus yields
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 115 2 a Solution 2026-09-28
Give the outward-normal-first boundary orientation. The Generalized Stokes theorem states that, for every compactly supported -form ,
Choose an oriented coordinate cover by charts into or the half-space , and choose a partition of unity subordinate to it. Since the family is locally finite and has compact support, only finitely many are nonzero. It is therefore legitimate to write both integrals as finite sums and prove the identity for a form supported in one chart.
In an interior chart the integral of an exact compactly supported top form is zero by the fundamental theorem of calculus. In a boundary chart writeIntegrating coordinate by coordinate kills every tangential derivative. The normal derivative leaves precisely the restriction to , with the sign selected by the outward-normal-first convention. This is , proving the theorem.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 202 5 b Solution Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-03
Since , the fundamental theorem of calculus givesApplying the Itô formula before the lifetime, the two drift terms cancel:Thus is a continuous local martingale. The increasing function is the scale function of a one-dimensional diffusion.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 1 23F c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Compact support and the fundamental theorem of calculus give, for every ,whereApplying the same argument in the other coordinate gives
Multiplication and Fubini's theorem now yieldFinally, the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality givesThus the required estimate holds with ; it is the Ladyzhenskaya inequality in two dimensions.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 4 15D Solution Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
A transformation of phase space is canonical when it preserves the symplectic form, or equivalently all Poisson brackets. For one degree of freedom this isequivalently .
Suppose a type-two generating function for a canonical transformation definesThenEquality of the mixed partial derivatives gives , so the transformation is canonical wherever it is locally invertible.
Forthe fundamental theorem of calculus and differentiation under the integral sign giveThusand in particular .
For the unit-frequency simple harmonic motion, the transformed Hamiltonian is simply . Hamilton's equations becomeThereforeand transformation back gives the familiar solution
Now consider the weak quartic oscillatorChoose the modified generating functionIt givesso the transformed Hamiltonian is again . Hence and . Expanding the square root with the Taylor series givesDifferentiation with respect to therefore yieldswhere
Set andWriting and expanding the inverse sine relation at givesExpanding similarly givesConsequentlySince , this is the required expression. The formula is understood away from turning points where and the ratio itself is singular.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ib Paper 2 2G iv Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
The fundamental theorem of calculus givesThus . Uniform continuity of makes the difference from uniformly small over every interval of radius , so convergence is uniform on all of .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 105 2 e Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
For a smooth and fixed , the fundamental theorem of calculus gives, for ,Average this inequality over , use Holder inequality on that unit interval, raise to the power , and integrate in . This proves the estimate behind the W1p trace theorem on a half-space:Use the Sobolev extension operator from part d, approximate in by smooth functions, and define as the limit of their restrictions to . The trace inequality makes this limit independent of the approximation and proves thatis linear and bounded. For a smooth function that extends continuously to the boundary, , so this is the trace operator required.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 318 2 c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Twice applying the fundamental theorem of calculus giveshence . Part (b) gives . This cannot be little- for every function: for ,
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 202 3 c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
If is continuously differentiable, then for every finite partition the fundamental theorem of calculus and the triangle inequality givePart (b) therefore implies .