MATH2019 Engineering Mathematics 2E.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
NOVEMBER 2009
MATH2019
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 2E
(1) TIME ALLOWED - 2 hours
(2) TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS - 4
(3) ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
(4) THE QUESTIONS ARE OF EQUAL VALUE
(5) ANSWER EACH QUESTION IN A SEPARATE BOOK
(6) THIS PAPER MAY BE RETAINED BY THE CANDIDATE
(7) ONLY CALCULATORS WITH AN AFFIXED "UNSW APPROVED" STICKER
MAY BE USED
All answers must be written in ink. Except where they are expressly required pencils
may only be used for drawing, sketching or graphical work.
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NOVEMBER 2009 MATH2019 Page 2
TABLE OF LAPLACE TRANSFORMS AND THEOREMS
g(t) is a function defined for all t 2: 0, and whose Laplace transform
exists. The Heaviside step function u is defined to be
fort<a
for t = a
fort> a
9(1) G(s) [9(1)]
1
1 -
s
1
I -
s'
tV,v>-l
v!
--
8
11
+
1
e-
at
1
--
s +"
w
sin wt
8
2
+w
2
s
cos wt
82 +w
2
u(1 - a)
e-
as
-
s
I'(t) sF(s) - 1(0)
1"(1) s' F(s) - sl(O) - 1'(0)
e-o' l(t)
F(s +,,)
1(1 - a)u(t - a)
e-asF(s)
tl(t) -F'(s)
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NOVEMBER 2009 MATH2019
FOURIER SERIES
Page 3
1f f(x) has period p 2L, then
where
VARIATION OF PARAMETERS
Suppose that Yh(X) = AY1(X) + BY2(X) is the general solution of the homoge-
neous differential equation
y" +p(x)y' + q(x)y 0,
where A and B are constants. Then a particular solution of the associated
non-homogeneous equation
y" + p(x)y' + q(x)y f(x)
is given by
(
x) - (x) JY2(x)f(x) dx +y ( ) JYl(xJf(x) d
YP Yl w(x) 2 X w(x) x
where w(x) det (t;i:\ t;I:D Yl(X)Y;(x) - Y2(X)Y;(x)
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NOVEMBER 2009 MATH2019
SOME BASIC INTEGRALS
J
Xn+l
xndx=--+C forn=l--l
n+l
{J;dx In Ixl + 0
J
ek"
ekxdx = T +C
forai-l
J
coskx
sin kxdx = --k- +0
J
sinkx
cos kx dx = -k- + 0
J
tankx
sec
2
kxdx= k +C
Jcoseczkxdx = cotkx + C
J
d
Inlseckxl 0
tankx X= k +
Jsec kx dx I seckx +tan kxl) +0
J
'). 1 'ldx= ("'-) +0
a +x a a
J
1 dx,=sin-
1
("'-) +0
va
2
x2 a
J
1 dx sinh-
1
("'-) +0
vx2+a2 a
J
1 dx=cosh-
1
("'-)+0
vxz a
2
a
l
' n-l1' sinnxdx = -- sin
n
-
2
xdx
ono
l
' n-l1' cos
n
xdx = -- cosn-
2
xdx
ono
Page 4
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Answer question 1 in a separate book
1. a) The matrix A is given by
i) Show that the vector
is an eigenvector of the matrix A and find the corresponding eigen-
value.
ii) Given that the other two eigenvalues of A are 2 and 4, find the
eigenvectors corresponding to these two eigenvalues.
b) Consider the double integral
l
'l' 2..;X eX' dx dy
o y'
i) Sketch the region of integration.
ii) Evaluate the double integral with the order of integration reversed.
c) Use the method of variation of parameters to find the general solution of
the differential equation
y" - 2y' + y = 35x
3j2
e':I:.
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2. a) Find
i) :(4t'e').
ii) -1
b) The function 9(t) is given by

forO<:t<1

i) Sketch the function 9(t) for 0 <: t <: 2.
ii) Write g(t) in terms of the Heaviside step function.
iii) Hence, or otherwise, find the Laplace transform of g(t).
c) Use the Laplace transform method to solve the initial value problem
y" + 2y' - 3y 6e-" with y(O) 2 and y'(O) -14.
3. a) Find all critical points of the function
f(x,y) 2x
3
+3x'y+y'-y
and classify each one as a relative maximum, relative minimum or saddle
point.
b) Let f(x) Ixl for x E [","I with f(x + 2,,) f(x) for all x.
i) Make a sketch of this function for -31f ::; X :; 31T.
ii) Is f(x) odd, even or neither?
iii) Find the Fourier series of f(x}.
iv) By considering the value at x = 1r in your answer for the Fourier
series in iii), find the value of
00 1
L: (2k + 1)2
k=O
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for 0:::; x :::; 11", t 2: 0,
4. The vibrations of an elastic string of length 11" satisfy the wave equation
a
2
u {)2
U
at
2
= ox
2
'
where u(x, t) is the deflection of the string. The string is fixed at the ends
x = 0 and x = 7r. Hence,
U(O, t) and U(K, t) 0, for all t.
a) Assuming a solution of the form u(x, t) F(x)G(t) show that
pll - kF = 0 and G" kG = 0,
for some constant k.
b) Applying the boundary conditions (and considering all possibilities for
the constant k) show that
and that possible solutions for F(x) are
Fn(x) = sin(nx), for n = 1,2, ....
c) Find all possible solutions Gn(t) for G(t).
cl) Suppose now that the initial deflection and the velocity are given by
u(x,O) for <:: x <:: K, and
ou =0 when t = O.
at '
Use'b) and your answer in c) to show that the solution is
u(x, t) 2sin(4x) cos(4t).

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