Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ia Paper 1 9D b iii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
Differentiation givesThe initial conditions set the constant to one, sothe Pythagorean trigonometric identity.
Since , Taylor theorem with Lagrange remainder givesfor some , whilefor some . The intermediate value theorem supplies with . The sine addition formula gives . The analogous cosine addition formula gives , soThus is a periodic function.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ib Paper 1 16D Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
The electric potential of a point charge at the origin isFor the two charges forming the dipole,The first-order Taylor expansion at large isand therefore, with the electric dipole moment ,to leading order. Taking the interaction of a second dipole with the corresponding electric field gives the stated electric dipole-dipole interaction
Let the lattice spacing be and write the central dipole asIts two horizontal neighbours have moment . For either one, the expression in parentheses, after extracting , isIts two vertical neighbours have moment , and each contributes insteadAdding all four nearest-neighbour interactions and using the Pythagorean trigonometric identity givesThe angle has cancelled, so the energy is independent of .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ib Paper 1 17C c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
Using and the Pythagorean trigonometric identity,so the speed is independent of . Since ,and the speed tends to zero at the vertex. The steady irrotational Bernoulli equation givesThus the fluid pressure is also independent of , withIn particular, the pressure difference between the vertex and is