Federal Public Service Commission
CSS Pure Mathematics Past Paper 2018
Optional · 100 marks · three hours
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- Attempt FIVE questions in all by selecting TWO Questions each from SECTION-A&B and
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- Find the values of a for which the system has unique solution.
- Find the values of the pair (a, b) for which the system has more than one
- = sinx in a Fourier cosine series in the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ π . (10) (20)
Questions
- Q. 210 marks
(a) Show that every finite integral domain is a field. (b) Consider the following linear system, (10) (20) x + 2y + z = 3 ay + 5 z = 10 2 x + 7 y + az = b (i) Find the values of a for which the system has unique solution. (ii) Find the values of the pair (a, b) for which the system has more than one solution.
- Q. 310 marks
(a) Find condition on a,b,c so that vector (a,b,c) in R3 belongs to W= span {u 1 ,u 2 ,u 3 } where u 1 = (1,2,0), u 2 = (-1,1,2), u 3 = (3,0,-4). (10) (20) (b) Let W 1 and W2 be finite dimensional subspaces of a vector space V. Show that dimW 1 + dimW2 = dim ( W1 W 2 ) + dim ( W 1 + W 2 ) x 2 if x ≤ 1 (10)
- Q. 410 marks
(a) Let f ( x ) = { x if x > 1 1 Does the Mean Value Theorem hold for f on ,2 . 2 lnsin3x (b) Calculate the. lim (20) x →0 lnsinx 5
- Q. 510 marks
(a) Evaluate ∫−1 x − 2 dx. (b) Prove that f xy (0,0) ≠ f yx (0,0) if (10) (20) 2 1 f ( x, y ) = x y sin when x, y are not both 0 x 0 when x, y are both 0 PURE MATHEMATICS
- Q. 610 marks
(a) Find the area of the region bounded by the cycloid x = a (θ − sin θ ), y = a (1 − cosθ ) and its base. (b) Find the equation of a plane through (5,-1,4) and perpendicular to each of the (10) (20) planes x + y − 2 z − 3 = 0 and 2 x − 3 y + z = 0
- Q. 710 marks
(a) Express cos5 θ sin3 θ in a series of sines of multiples of θ . 5z − 2 (b) Use Cauchy’s Residue Theorem to evaluate the integral ∫c Z (Z − 1) dz where C (10) (20) is the circle z = 2 , described counter clock wise. z +1
- Q. 820 marks
(a) Find the Laurent series that represent the function f ( z ) = in the domain (10) z −1 1< z < ∞ . (b) Expand f(x) = sinx in a Fourier cosine series in the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ π . (10)
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- Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
- All the parts (if any) of each question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
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- Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
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