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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2011.

Fir st Year
Mat hemat ics
Paper I ALGEBRA
Time : Thr ee hour s Maximum : 100 mar ks
Answer any FIVE quest ions.
All quest ions car r y equal mar ks.
1. St at e and pr ove Cauchys t heor em for Abelian
gr oups.
2. Show t hat ever y gr oup is isomor phic t o a subgr oup
of ( ) S A for some appr opr iat e S .
3. If P is a pr ime number and ( ) G O P , t hen show
t hat G has an element of or der P.
4. (a) St at e and pr ove unique fact or izat ion
t heor em.
(b) Show t hat a finit e int egr al domain is a field.
5. (a) St at e and pr ove t he Eienst ein cr it er ion.
(b) Show t hat [ ] i J is a Euclidean r ing.


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6. If L is a finit e ext ension of K and if K is finit e
ext ension of F , t hen show t hat L is a finit e
ext ension of F, mor eover ,
[ ] [ ] [ ] F K K L F L : : : =
7. Show t hat t he number e is t r anscendent al.
8. If K is a finit e ext ension of F, t hen show t hat
( ) F K G , is a finit e gr oup and it s or der ,
( ) ( ) F K G O , sat isfies ( ) ( ) [ ] F K F K G O : , .
9. (a) Define a Lat t ice. In a Lat t ice ( ) , , L show
t hat
(i) x x x = and x x x = for all L x .
(ii) x y y x = and x y y x = for all
L y x , .
(iii) ( ) ( ) z y x z y x = and
(iv) ( ) x x y x = and ( ) x x y x = for all
L y x , .
(b) Pr ove t hat ever y dist r ibut ive lat t ice wit h
mor e t han one element can be r epr esent ed as
a subdir ect union of t wo element chains.

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10. (a) Der ive t he dimensionalit y equat ion
( ) ( ) ( ) b a d b d a d b a d - + = ) ( for modular
lat t ices.
(b) Define a Boolean algebr a and a Boolean r ing.
Show t hat a Boolean r ing can be conver t ed
int o a Boolean algebr a.


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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2011.
Fir st Year
Mat hemat ics
Paper II ANALYSIS
Time : Thr ee hour s Maximum : 100 mar ks
Answer any FIVE quest ions.
All quest ions car r y equal mar ks.
1. (a) Let { } ....., 3 , 2 , 1 , = n E
n
be a sequence of
count able set s, and put
U

=
=
1 n
n
E S . Then
pr ove t hat S is count able.
(b) Suppose . X Y pr ove t hat a subset E of Y
is open r elat ive t o Y if and only if G Y E =
for some open subset G of . X
2. (a) Pr ove t hat ever y K-cell is compact .
(b) Let P be a nonempt y per fect set in .
K
R
Then pr ove t hat P is uncount able..
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3. (a) If
n
a is a ser ies of complex number s which
conver ges absolut ely, t hen pr ove t hat ever y
r ear r angement of
n
a conver ges, and t hen
all conver ge t o t he same sum.
(b) Show t hat if
n
a = A and
n
b = B, t hen
B A b a
n n
+ = + ) ( and , cA ca
n
= for any
fixed C.
4. (a) Let f be a cont inuous mapping of a compact
met r ic space X int o a met r ic space Y. Then
pr ove t hat f is unifor mly cont inuous on X .
(b) Suppose f is a cont inuous mapping of a
compact met r ic space X int o a met r ic space
Y . The pr ove t hat ) (x f is compact .
5. (a) If f is monot onic and is cont inuous on
[ ] b a, t hen show t hat [ ] b a on R f , ) ( .
(b) Show t hat a bounded funct ion ) ( R f on
[ ] b a, if and only if for each 0 > , t her e exist s
a par t it ion p of [ ] b a, such t hat
. ) , , ( ) , , ( < f P L f P U
6. (a) St at e and pr ove t he fundament al t heor em of
calculus.
(b) Suppose ) ( R f on [ ] b a, , , M f m is
cont inuous on [ ], , M m and )) ( ( ) ( x f x h = on
[ ] b a, . Then pr ove t hat ) ( R h on [ ] b a, .
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7. (a) St at e and pr ove t he cauchys cr it er ion for
unifor m conver gence of sequence of
funct ions.
(b) Pr ove t hat t her e exist s a r eal cont inuous
funct ion on t he r eal line which is nowher e
differ ent iable.
8. St at e and pr ove t he Weier st r ass appr oximat ion
t heor em.
9. (a) St at e and pr ove Lebesques monot one
conver gence t heor em.
(b) Let f and g be measur able r eal-valued
funct ions defined on , X let F be r eal and
cont inuous on ,
2
R and put
). ( )), ( ), ( ( ) ( X x x g x f F x h = Then show t hat h
is measur able.
10. (a) St at e and pr ove t he Riesz-fischer t heor em.
(b) If ) ( L f on , t hen show t hat
) ( | | L f on , and d f d f | |

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2011
Fir st Year
Mat hemat ics
Paper III COMPLEX ANALYSIS AND SPECIAL
FUNCTIONS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
Time : Thr ee hour s Maximum : 100 mar ks
Answer any FIVE quest ions.
All quest ions car r y equal mar ks.
choosing at least TWO fr om each par t .
PART A
1. (a) When n is a posit ive int eger , t hen show t hat

=
x
n
n
d x x x p
0
2
. cos 1
1
) (

(b) Pr ove t he gener at ing funct ion for ) (x J
n
is

=
n
n
n
t
t x
x J t e ). (
)
1
(
2
1

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2. (a) Pr ove t hat ) (
2
) ( ) (
1 2 3
x J
x
x J c dx x J =

.
(b) Pr ove t hat
n
P Q Q P
n n n n
1
1 1
=

.
3. (a) Der ive t he Rodr igue's for mula.
(b) Expr ess 2 5 3 ) (
2 3 4
+ + = x x x x x f int er ms
of legendr e polynomials.
4. (a) Pr ove t hat
[ ] ) ( ) ( ) 1 ( ) ( ) 1 (
1
2
x p x xp n x p x
n n n +
+ =
(b) Solve

. 0 ) (
) ( ) (
2 2
2 2 2 2
= + +
+ + + + +
dz y xy x
dy x zx z dx z yz y

5. (a) Solve x y t s r cos ) 6 ( = +
(b) Solve y p t ys r y 6 2
2
+ = + by Monge's
met hod.
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PART B
6. (a) Expr ess t he following complex number s in
polar for m
(i) 3 Hi
(ii) i 2 3 2 .
(b) If ) (t f is an analyt ic funct ion, pr ove t hat

2
1
2 2
) ( ) ( ) ( t f t f
y
t f
x
=

.
7. (a) St at e and pr ove cauchy's t heor em.
(b) Let r be a pat h. Then show t hat for }, {r
t he funct ion

r
d t
dt
is a cont inuous
funct ion of .
8. (a) Give t wo differ ent laur ent expansions for
) (
1
) (
2
i t t
t f

= ar ound t = i. Examine t he
conver gence of each ser ies.
(b) Let f be analyt ic in . Then show t hat f can
be r epr esent ed by a power ser ies

=
=
0
) ( ) (
n
n
n
a t a t f about each point a .
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9. (a) St at e and pr ove Residue t heor em.
(b) Show t hat

>
+
+
=
+
2 /
0
2 / 3 2 2 2
) 0 ( ,
) ( 4
) 1 2 (
) sin (

a
a a
a
a
d

10. (a) Show t hat

=
+

0
5
cos 2 3
d

(b) Evaluat e

+
.
1
cos
2
dx
x
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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2011.
Fir st Year
Mat hemat ics
Paper IV THEORY OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
Time : Thr ee hour s Maximum : 100 mar ks
Answer any FIVE quest ions.
All quest ions car r y equal mar ks.
1. (a) Let
0
x be in I , and let
n
,.., ,
2 1
be any n
const ant s. Pr ove t hat t her e is at most one
solut ion of ) (Y L = 0 on I sat isfying
n
n
x x x

) ( ,..., ) ( , ) (
0
) 1 (
2 0
1
1 0
.
(b) Consider t he equat ion :
0
1 1
2
+ y
x
y
x
y , for 0 > x .
Find t he t wo solut ions
2 1
, sat isfying
1 ) 1 ( , 0 ) 1 ( , 0 ) 1 ( , 1 ) 1 (
2 1 2 1
.
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2. (a) Let
n
,.., ,
2 1
be n solut ions of 0 ) ( Y L on an
int er val I, and let
0
x any point in I. Then
pr ove t hat
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
0 1 1 2 1
, exp , ,
0
x W dt t a x W
n
x
x
n
L L
1
1
]
1

.
(b) Two solut ions of 0 3 3
2
+ y y x y x ( ) 0 > x
ar e ( ) ,
1
x x ( )
2
2
x x use t his
infor mat ion t o find a t hir d independent
solut ion.
3. (a) Let M, N be t wo r eal-valued funct ions
which have cont inuous fir st par t ial
der ivat ives on some r ect angle
, :
0
a x x R b y y
0
.
Then show t hat t he equat ion
( ) ( ) 0 , , + y y x N y x M is exact in R if, and
only if
x
N
y
M

in R.
(b) Comput e t he fir st four successive
appr oximat ions
3 2 1 0
, , , of , 1 xy y +
( ) 1 0 y .
4. (a) St at e and pr ove t he exist ence t heor em for a
conver gence of t he successive appr oximat ion.
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(b) Develop a met hod t o solve ( ) y x f y , by
var iable separ able.
5. (a) Find t he solut ion of ( )
2
1 y y + which
sat isfies ( ) , 0 0 ( ) 0 0 .
(b) Find a solut ion of t he syst em
,
2 1
y y , 6
2 1 2
y y y + sat isfying
) 1 , 1 ( ) 0 ( .
6. (a) Comput e a solut ion of t he syst em.

2 1 1
4 3 y y y +

2 1 2
6 5 y y y + .
(b) Let
, 2 1
,..... ,
n
be cont inuous complex-
valued funct ions on an int er val I cont aining
a point
0
x . If
n
..... ,
2 1
ar e any n
const ant s, pr ove t hat t her e exist s one, and
only one solut ion of t he equat ion.
) ( ) ( ...... ) (
) 1 (
1
) (
x b y x a y x a y
n
n n
+ + +

on I
sat isfying.

n
n
x x x

) ( ,......, ) ( , ) (
0
) 1 (
2 0
1
1 0
.
7. (a) Find t he gener al solut ion of t he equat ion.

8 2 3
3
x y x
x
y
y + .
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(b) Find t he funct ions ) ( ), ( x k x z and ) (x m such
t hat
+ ] 2 2 )[ (
2
y y x y x x z ]. ) ( ) ( [ y x m y x k
dx
d
+
8. (a) Show t hat if
3 2 , 1
, , z z z z ar e any four differ ent
solut ions of t he Riccat i equat ion.
. 0 ) ( ) ( ) (
2 1
+ + + x c z x b z x a z Then show t hat

2 3
1 3
1
2
,
z z
z z
z z
z z
const ant s.
(b) Show t hat t he Gr een's funct ion for
0 ) ( x x L
0 ) 0 ( ) 0 ( , 0 ) 1 ( ) 0 ( + + x x x x is

'

. , 1
, 1
) , (
s t t
s t s
s t G
9. (a) St at e and pr ove st ur m separ at ion t heor em.
(b) Put t he differ ent ical equat ion.
0 ) ( ) ( + + y t g y t f y int o self adjoint for m.
10. (a) St at e and pr ove t he Bocher osgood t heor em.
(b) St at e and pr ove Liapunov's inequalit y.