University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun

Tutorial Sheet 1
Course: B. Tech. Subject: Mathematics I

Successive Differentiation and Leibnitz’s Theorem

1  2 n 1 3 n 1 
Ans: y n =  1  n! 
n
1. If y= , find y n .  n 1 
.
1  5x  6 x 2  2 x  1  n 1
3 x  1  
x2  1n (n  1)! 5 1n n! 4 1n n!
2. If y= , find y n . Ans: + +
x  12 x  2  3x  1n 2 9x  1n 1 9x  2 n 1
 2x  1
3. Find nth derivative of tan 1  2 
. Ans: 2  1n 1 (n-1)! sin n sin n  ,   tan 1   .
 1 x  x
x 1  xn xn 
, show that, y n =  1
n 2
4. If y=x log (n-2)!   n
.
 x  1 x  1 
n
x1
 1 x  1  1 
5. Find nth derivative of tan 1   . Ans:  1 (n-1)! sin n sin  ,   tan   .
n 1 n
 1 x  x
x x  n n( n  1) 1 ( 1) 1 ( n  1)!
n
6. Find the nth derivative of e log x. Ans: e log x   . 2  ...  
 x 2 x xn 
7. If y= x 4 sin 2 x , find y n .
1  n  n  4 n 1  ( n  1)  3 n( n  1) n 2  ( n  2 )  2
Ans:  2 cos2x  x + n 2 cos 2 x   4x + 2 cos 2 x  12 x +
2   2   2  2!  2 
n( n  1)( n  2 ) n 3  ( n  3)  n(n  1)(n  2)(n  3) n 4  ( n  4)  
2 cos 2 x  24x + 2 cos2x  24
3!  2  4!  2  

1 1
8. If y= x 2 e x ,show that y n  n( n  1)y 2  n( n  2 )y 1  ( n  1)(n  2 )y
2 2
1 1
9. If y m

 
=2x, prove that x 2  1 y n2  (2n  1)xy n1  n 2  m 2 y n  0
+y m  
10. If y=acos(logx)+bsin(logx),show that
(i) x 2 y 2  xy 1  y  0

(ii) x 2 y n2  (2n  1)xy n1  n 2  1 y n  0 

 n  
11. If y= x 2  1 , prove that x 2  1 y n2  2xy n1  n(n  1)y n  0
n 1 ( n  1)!
12. If y= x logx, show that y n =
x
13. If y= e
a sin 1 x
 
, prove that 1  x 2 y n2  (2n  1)xy n1  (n 2  a 2 )y n  0
y n2
Deduce that Lim  n 2  a 2 . Hence find y n (0) .
x 0 yn

1
     
Ans: y n (0) = a 2 2 2  a 2 4 2  a 2 .... n  2 2  a 2 if n is even.

y n (0) = a 2 1 2  a 2 3 2  a 2 .... n  2 2  a 2  if n is odd.

14. If y=sin (m sin 1 x ), find y n (0) .

Ans: When n is even, y n (0) =0

   
When n is odd, y n (0) = m 1 2  m 2 3 2  m 2 .... n  2 2  m 2 
 
15. If logy= tan 1 x , show that 1  x 2 y n2  (2n  1)x  1y n1  n(n  1)y n  0 .
Hence find; y 3 , y 4 and y 5 at x=0. Ans: y 3 (0) =-1, y 4 (0)=-7, y 5 (0)=5.

16. If y=sin (m sin 1 x ), then show that

 
(i) 1  x 2 y 2  xy 1  m 2 y  0

(ii) 1  x 2 y n2 = ( 2 n  1)x y n 1 + n 2


 m 2 y n =0

2
17. If y= log x  1  x 2  , show that
  
   
1  x 2 y 2  xy 1 =2 and 1  x 2 y n2  (2n  1)xy n1  n 2 y n  0 . Also find y n (0) .

n 2
Ans: When n is even, y n (0) = ( 1) 2 n  2 2 n  42 ...6 2 .4 2 2 2 2
When n is odd, y n (0) =0

 2  
18. If y = sin 1 x , prove that 1  x 2 y n2  (2n  1)xy n1  n 2 y n  0 . Hence find the value of y n at
x=0.
Ans: y n (0) = 2.2 2 .4 2 .6 2 .... n  2 2 if n is even, n  2

y n (0) =0 if n is odd.