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    MAS5050

    SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS Spring Semester


    2013-2014
    Mathematical Methods for Statistics 2 hours

    RESTRICTED OPEN BOOK EXAMINATION


    Candidates may bring to the examination lecture notes and associated lecture material
    (including set textbooks) plus a calculator that conforms to University regulations.
    Candidates should attempt ALL questions.
    The paper will be marked out of 80 and the allocation of marks is shown in brackets.

    1 Verify that
    ∑
    ∞
    ( ) ∑
    100
    4 1 n
    10 101
    = 2n.
    n=0 n=1

    (10 marks)

    2 Write down the rst four terms of the Taylor series expansion of f (x) = e3x−1
    about the point x = 0. (10 marks)

    3 Find and classify all the critical points of the function


    f (x, y) = x3 + 2y 3 − 3x − 6y.
    (10 marks)

    4 Find:
    (i) ∫
    x sin(x2 )dx

    (ii)
    ∫ 10
    1
    dx
    2 x2 −x
    (10 marks)

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    5 Let f (x, y) = x + y − 1 and D ⊂ R2 be the region bounded by the triangle with


    vertices (0, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1). Find
    ∫∫
    f (x, y)dA.
    D

    (10 marks)

    6 Use Gaussian elimination to solve the following system of equations:

    3x + 2y + 3z − 2w = 1;
    x+y+z = 3;
    x + 2y + z − w = 2.

    (10 marks)

    7 Let    
    1 1 1 1
    A = 0 1 1 v = 0 .

    0 0 1 1
    Show that {v, Av, A2 v} is a basis for R3 . (10 marks)

    8 Let a, b be real numbers. Find


    ( )2014
    a b
    b a
    Hint: It is easy to take powers of diagonal matrices. (10 marks)

    End of Question Paper

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