SUBJECT: ENGINEERING ANNEXURE(S) PAGES TIME

MATHEMATICS 4 None
3

90
CODE: EMM400S DATE MARKS minutes
65
26 October 2015
Postponed to 2 November 2015

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Test 3 : 26 October 2015 postponed to 2 Nov 2015

COURSE : BTECH ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

EXAMINER : Dr K. Govender
MODERATOR (INTERNAL) : Dr Z. Nkosi
MODERATOR (EXTERNAL) : -

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all questions in the answer book provided.
All diagrams to be drawn in pencil.
All calculations and derivations must be in ink.
All workings to be shown in full to earn full marks.
Failure to follow the above will result in loss of marks.

REQUIREMENTS

 CALCULATORS.

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 1. Show that v  e x  y sin y  x cos y  is harmonic and find its harmonic conjugate.
[NB: v is the imaginary part of a complex function f  u  jv ] [20]

1
2. Expand f ( z )  in Laurent series valid for z  4 [5]
z4

z 4  16
3. Using the method of residues evaluate  dz if C is the circle z  4  2 . [15]
z z  4
4
C

4. Consider a rod of length L lying on the x-axis with its end points located at x  0 and
x  L . The temperature at the end points of the rod is maintained at 0  C. The initial
 x 
distribution of temperature along the rod is given by u x,0  100 sin  . Find the
 2
temperature u ( x, t ) as a function of x on the rod at any time t .

x=0 x=L

 2 u 1 u
That is solve the following equation  for u ( x, t ) .
x 2 k t
Leave your answer in terms of k . [25]

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Useful equations

f ˆ f ˆ f ˆ
f  i j k dA  rdrd
x y z
 2 
  z   z 
2
d du  d  
cos u   cos u  dS         1 dxdy
dx dx  du    x   y  
 

d
sin u 
du  d 
 sin u 
dx  du
sinh x 
1 x

e  e x 
dx  2

d du  d  G
f (u )   f (u )  nˆ 
dx dx  du  G

e j  cos   j sin 
iˆ ˆj kˆ u v

    x y
 A 
x y z u v

Ax Ay Az y x

 f ( z)dz  2j  all reidue at all pole inside C .

C

Re s 
z a
1
n  1! dz
z  a
d n1 n

lim n1 z  a  f ( z ) . 
2j n
f a 
f ( z)
 z  a 
C
n 1
dz 
n!

a  z n  a n  na n1 z  nn  1 a n2 z 2  nn  1n  2 a n3 z 3  nn  1n  2n  3 a n4 z 4    
2! 3! 4!

z  a n  z n  nz n1 a  nn  1 z n2 a 2  nn  1n  2 z n3 a 3  nn  1n  2n  3 z n4 a 4    
2! 3! 4!

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