BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI

HYDERABAD CAMPUS SECOND SEMESTER: 2014-2015

TEST-1[CLOSED BOOK]
Course Title: MATHEMATICAL METHODS Course Code: MATH F 241
DATE: 20-02-2015 (FRIDAY) Time: 60 Minutes Max Marks: 20

Answer all question, each question carries Five marks.

1. Transform the problem " + = 1, (0) = 0; (1) = 1, to a Fredholm integral

equation using Greens function.

2. Show that the kernel (, ) = 1 + + 3 has a double characteristic number associated

with (-1, 1).

3. Determine the resolvent kernel associated with (, ) = cos( + ) (0,2) in the

form of power series in . (Up to three terms using Neumanns series.).

4. Obtain approximate values of the solutions of the equation

1 1
( 2 ) = 0 (, )() where
2
(1 ) <
(, ) = {
(1 ) >
at the points x=0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1, by a set of algebraic equations with weighing
coefficients of trapezoidal rule.

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 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI
HYDERABAD CAMPUS SECOND SEMESTER: 2014-2015
TEST-2[CLOSED BOOK]
Course Title: MATHEMATICAL METHODS Course Code: MATH F 241
DATE: 07-04-2015 (TUESDAY) Time: 60 Minutes Max Marks: 20

Answer all Questions, each question carries 5 marks.

1. State Reimann Lebesgue Lemma and Localization Lemma (LL), using LL

prove Fourier Integral theorem.

1 2 , || 1
2. a) Show that the Fourier transform of ( ) = {
0, | | > 1
4 cos
is [ ].
2 3

1
b) Find the inverse Fourier Transform of ( ) = .
2 +4+13

3. a) Find the convolution of ( ) = cos and ( ) = || .

2 2
b) Using Parsevals relation prove that = .
( 2 +2 )4 (2)5

4. The temperature u(x, t) in the semi-infinite rod 0 < is determined by

2
the differential equation = subject to the conditions
2

(i) u (x,0)=0, (ii) (0, ) = ( ).
2
 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI
HYDERABAD CAMPUS SECOND SEMESTER: 2014-2015
TEST-2 Makeup[CLOSED BOOK]
Course Title: MATHEMATICAL METHODS Course Code: MATH F 241
DATE: 07-04-2015 (TUESDAY) Time: 60 Minutes Max Marks: 20

Answer all Questions, each question carries 5 marks.

1. State Localization Lemma (LL) and Fourier Integral theorem, state and
prove Reimann Lebesgue Lemma.

2. a) Show that the Fourier Cosine transform of f(x) defined by

, 0<<1
2 2 cos
( ) = { 2 , 1 < < 2 is [1 cos ].
2
0 >2

b) Find the mixed Fourier transform of 2 .

3. Show that = where * denotes the convolution, state

parsevals theorem and solve

2||
( ) = () ||

4. The temperature u(x, t) in the semi-infinite rod 0 < is determined

2
by the differential equation = subject to the conditions
2

(i) u (x,0)=0 , x>0, (ii) (0, ) = ( ), > 0.
2
 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI
HYDERABAD CAMPUS SECOND SEMESTER: 2014-2015
COMPREHENSVE EXAMINATION [CLOSED BOOK]
Course Title: MATHEMATICAL METHODS Course Code: MATH F 241
DATE: 05-05-2015 Time: 180 Minutes Max Marks: 40

Answer all questions.

1. Construct an initial value problem for the Voltrra integral equation

() = 3 + 0 ( )2 () . [2]

2. Construct Greens function for the following problem and write the corresponding integral
equation.
2
+ = 1 , (0) = (1) = 0. [3]
2

3. Find for which the integral equation () = 0 2 ( + )() has nontrivial
solutions. Find the corresponding(). [4]

1
4. Obtain an approximate solution of the equation () = + 0 (, )() where
(1 ) <
(, ) = { by assuming y(x) 1 + 2 + 3 2 and using the
(1 ) >
weighing functions 1, , 2 at the points 0, 0.5, and 1. [3]

5. Obtain Fourier cosine transform of 2 cos 3.

Find the mixed Fourier transform of [3]

() 1
6. Solve the integral equation = [3]
()2 +2 2 +2

2
7. Solve the heat equation = , 0 < < , > 0 with the following conditions
2
1 0 < < 1
(0, ) = 0, (, 0) = { [3]
0 1

8. Define geodesic and find the geodesic for sphere of fixed radius a. [4]
9. Determine the stationary functions associated with the integral
1 2
= 0 ( 6 9), when both the end conditions are not specified. [4]

2 2
10. Derive the Eulers equation of the problem 2[() () + () 2 ] = 0
1
and obtain the natural boundary conditions. [3]

2
11.Find the extermals of the function 0 ( 2 ) with the boundary conditions

(0) = 0, () = 1and subject to the constraint0 = 1. [4]

12.Use the calculus of variations to find the shortest distance between the curves y = x and the
parabola 2 = 1. [4]

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