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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 ii Paper 3 9B b Solution by
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For any , choose with and defineThe recurrence makes this independent of and agrees with the original integral where . It is the desired analytic continuation away from the listed points.
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Substitution into the renewal boundary condition and cancellation of gives the Euler-Lotka equationThis is the necessary condition selecting the growth exponent .
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The boundary condition says that all newborn individuals enter at age zero, and that their influx equals the total birth rate obtained by summing the age-specific births over the population.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 ii Paper 3 40E b Solution by
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Let be the symmetric Dirichlet second-difference matrix. Its eigenvalues are nonpositive, so every eigenvalue ofhas modulus at most one. Thus .
Insert the exact smooth solution into the scheme. The local truncation error per step has discrete norm , from the order-three trapezoidal time residual and the order-two centred spatial residual. If is the grid error, stability and iteration giveThere are at most steps and , henceThis proves convergence for every without invoking the Lax equivalence theorem.
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For the discrete Fourier mode , the centred second difference has multiplier . Hence the amplification factor isFor every , . The discrete Parseval identity then shows directly that the discrete norm cannot increase at any time step, proving unconditional stability for the Cauchy problem.
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Taking the squared modulus and using givesThe incident wavevector makes an angle with the downward vertical, so . Substitution gives the required formula.
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Matching at first expresses the middle solution in terms of . Propagating its value and derivative across the layer of thickness uses the transfer matrixMatching this result to and at , then eliminating , gives
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Continuity of normal velocity and pressure at each density interface requires continuity of and at . These four conditions determine the four unknown amplitudes.
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Substitution of the monochromatic ansatz givesThus the outer solutions oscillate with and the middle solutions are combinations of and . The incident wave has phase ; its group velocity is upward, whereas the reflected sign has downward group velocity. The transmitted wave must again use the upward-energy sign. This gives exactly the three forms stated.
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The similarity form givesUsing the outer pressure gradient in the correctly written radial boundary-layer equation givesNo slip and matching to the sink require and . The boundary-layer flux is of order , relative to the sink flux it isMass conservation therefore requires an outer correction of this relative size, which is small in the assumed region.
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The sink speed scales as , so the Reynolds number is . The approximation applies in the high-Reynolds-number region . Radial inertia scales as , so the radial pressure gradient has the same dependence.
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