THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

JUNE 2008

MATH2019
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 2E

(1) TIME ALLOWED 2 hours

(2) TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 4
(3) ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
(4) THE QUESTIONS ARE OF EQUAL VALUE
(5) ANSWER EACH QUESTION IN A SEPARATE BOOK
(6) THIS PAPER MAY BE RETAINED BY THE CANDIDATE
(7) ONLY THE PROVIDED ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS MAY BE USED

All answers must be written in ink. Except where they are expressly required pencils
may only be used for drawing, sketching or graphical work.

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TABLE OF LAPLACE TRANSFORMS AND THEOREMS

g(t) is a function defined for all t 0, and whose Laplace transform
Z
G(s) = L(g(t)) =
est g(t)dt
0

exists. The Heaviside step function u is defined to be

for t < a
0
1
u(t a) = 2
for t = a

1
for t > a

g(t)

G(s) = L[g(t)]

1
s

1
s2

t , > 1
et
sin t
cos t

!
s+1
1
s+
s2

+ 2

s2

s
+ 2

u(t a)

eas
s

f 0 (t)

sF (s) f (0)

f 00 (t)
et f (t)
f (t a)u(t a)
tf (t)

s2 F (s) sf (0) f 0 (0)

F (s + )
eas F (s)
F 0 (s)

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FOURIER SERIES
If f (x) has period p = 2L, then
f (x) = a0 +


X

an cos

n=1

 n 
 n 
x + bn sin
x
L
L

where
a0
an
bn

Z L
1
f (x)dx
=
2L L
Z
 n 
1 L
=
f (x) cos
x dx
L L
L
Z
 n 
1 L
=
f (x) sin
x dx
L L
L

LEIBNIZ THEOREM

d
dx

Z
f (x, t)dt =

f
dv
du
dt + f (x, v) f (x, u)
x
dx
dx

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SOME BASIC INTEGRALS

xn+1
x dx =
+ C for n 6= 1
n+1
Z
1
dx = ln |x| + C
x
Z
ekx
ekx dx =
+C
k
Z
1 x
ax dx =
a + C for a 6= 1
ln a
Z
cos kx
+C
sin kx dx =
k
Z
sin kx
cos kx dx =
+C
k
Z
tan kx
sec2 kx dx =
+C
k
Z
1
cosec2 kx dx = cot kx + C
k
Z
ln | sec kx|
+C
tan kx dx =
k
Z
1
sec kx dx = (ln | sec kx + tan kx|) + C
k
Z
 
1
1
1 x
dx
=
tan
+C
a2 + x2
a
a
Z
x
1

dx = sin1
+C
a
a2 x2
Z
 
1
1 x

dx = sinh
+C
a
x2 + a2
Z
x
1

dx = cosh1
+C
a
x2 a2
Z
Z
2
n1 2
n
sin x dx =
sinn2 x dx
n
0
0
Z
Z
2
n1 2
cosn x dx =
cosn2 x dx
n
0
0
Z

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Answer question 1 in a separate book

1.

a) The matrix A is given by

2 2 2
A = 2 1 1 .
2
1 1

i) Show that the vector

2
v = 1
1

is an eigenvector of the matrix A and find the corresponding eigenvalue.

ii) Given that the other two eigenvalues of A are 2 and 2, find the
eigenvectors corresponding to these two eigenvalues.
b) Given the integral
Z
0

x2

x3
p

x4 + y 2

dy dx.

i) Make a clear sketch of the region of integration.

ii) Express the integral with the order of integration reversed.
iii) Evaluate the integral you found in (ii).

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Answer question 2 in a separate book

2.

a) Find
i) L(tet sin 3t).


s+1
e2s
1
ii) L
+ 4 .
s2 + 4s + 5
3s
b) The function f (t) is defined for t 0 by

0t1
1
f (t) = t 2
1<t2

0
t > 2.
i) Express f (t) in terms of the Heaviside function and hence or otherwise find L(f (t)), the Laplace transform of f (t).
c) Use the Laplace Transform method to solve the differential equation
y 00 4y 0 + 4y = e2t

, t>0

subject to the initial condition y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 0.

Answer question 3 in a separate book
3. The odd periodic function f (x) is defined by
(
4 x 4 x 0
f (x) =
4x
0<x<4

(1)

with f (x + 8) = f (x) for all x.

a) Sketch f (x) for 12 x 8.
b) Find the coefficients in the Fourier series for the function defined by
equation (1) and write out the series, explicitly giving the first three
non-zero terms in the series.
c) Find a particular solution of the ordinary differential equation
2

d2 y
+ 11y = f (x)
dx2

in terms of a Fourier series where f (x) is given by equation (1) above.

Hence, find the term(s) of largest magnitude in the particular solution
and give evidence to justify your answer.

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Answer question 4 in a separate book

4. The steady-state distribution of heat in a slab of width L is given by
2U
2U
+
= 0,
x2
y 2

for 0 < x < L, 0 < y <

U (0, y) = U (L, y) = 0, for 0 < y <

U bounded
U (x, 0) = f (x),

as y +
for 0 x L.

a) Draw a clear diagram of the slab indicating the temperature U (x, y) on

three sides of the slab.
b) Use the method of separation of variables to find the general solution
U (x, y), where any unknown constants are related to U (x, 0) = f (x).
You must explicitly consider all possibilities for the separation constant
in your working.