EMT4801/101/0/2021

Tutorial Letter 101/0/2021

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 4

EMT4801

Year module

Department of Mathematical Sciences

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
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information about your module.

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 CONTENTS

Page

1 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME...................................................................................... 3

1.1 Tutorial matter....................................................................................................................... 3
2 PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE...................................................... 3
2.1 Purpose................................................................................................................................ 3
2.2 Outcomes............................................................................................................................. 3
3 LECTURER AND CONTACT DETAILS............................................................................... 4
3.1 Lecturers............................................................................................................................... 4
3.2 Department........................................................................................................................... 5
3.3 University.............................................................................................................................. 6
4 MODULE RELATED RESOURCES .................................................................................... 6
4.1 Prescribed and Recommended books................................................................................. 6
4.2 Recommended books........................................................................................................... 6
4.3 Electronic reserves............................................................................................................... 6
5 MODULE SPECIFIC STUDY PLAN..................................................................................... 7
6 MODULE PRACTICAL WORK AND WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING........................... 8
7 ASSESSMENT..................................................................................................................... 8
7.1 Assessment Plan.................................................................................................................. 8
7.2 General Assignment numbers.............................................................................................. 8
7.3 Unique assignment numbers................................................................................................ 8
7.4 Due dates of assignment...................................................................................................... 9
7.5 Submission of assignments.................................................................................................. 9
7.6 Feedback on assignments.................................................................................................. 10
7.7 Assignments....................................................................................................................... 12
8 EXAMINATIONS................................................................................................................ 17
10. OTHER ASSESSMENT METHODS...................................................................................... 21
11. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.................................................................................... 21

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1 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME

Welcome to the subject ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (Theory) (EMT4801) at
UNISA. This tutorial letter serves as a guideline to this course. It provides you with general ad-
ministrative information as well as specific information about the subject. Read it carefully and
keep it safe for future reference. We trust that you will enjoy this course.

1.1 Tutorial matter

Some of this tutorial matter may not be available when you register. Tutorial matter that is not
available when you register will be posted to you as soon a possible, but is also available on
myUnisa.

2 PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE

2.1 Purpose

This module is intended for students in final year of their electrical engineering qualifications.

2.2 Outcomes

Specific outcome 1:
Understand series and sequences
Assessment criteria

1. Understand what is meant by the phrase convergence of a sequence;

2. Know how to compute the limits of some basic convergent sequences (including ones that
are defined by some given recursive formula);

3. Know what is meant by the terms arithmetic progression, harmonic progression and geomet-
ric progression, and be able to identify such sequences.

Specific outcome 2:

Understand complex numbers in preparation for the work on complex analysis.

Assessment criteria

At the end of this unit the student should be familiar with the concept of a complex number, know
how to perform basic operations with complex numbers, and know and be able to manipulate the
definitions of Arg(z), ez , and ln(z).

Specific outcome 3:

Understand Laplace transforms, and to extend these to possibly complex variables. Also to in-
troduce the initial value and final value theorems, to decribe the Laplace Transform of periodic
functions, and to introduce the convolution theorem.

Assessment criteria

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 1. Familiarity with the basic definitions and properties of the Laplace Transforms.

2. Understand how this theory can be extended to complex variables.

3. Understand and be able to apply the initial value and final value theorems (the student should
in particular also be able to determine when these theorems are applicable and when not).

4. Be able to use tables of Laplace transforms to compute both Laplace transforms and inverse
transforms.

5. Understand the convolution theorem and be able to apply it in computing inverse transforms.

Specific outcome 4:

Understand discrete time systems, the Z-transform, and its properties.

Assessment criteria

1. Familiarity with the basic definitions and properties of the Z-transform.

2. Understand and be able to apply the initial value theorem, final value theorem, and convolu-
tion theorem.

3 LECTURER AND CONTACT DETAILS

Always use your student number when you contact the university.

3.1 Lecturers

You may contact your lecturers by post, e-mail, telephone or on myUnisa.

Contact details:
Prof. J.M. Manale
Corner of Christiaan de Wet Road & Pioneer Avenue
Room 6-055 GJ Gerwel Building
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of South Africa
Science Campus, Florida 1709, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tel: +27 11 670 9172 / 9147

Fax +27 11 670 9171
E–mail: [email protected]
Online address: https://my.unisa.ac.za

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and
Prof. A.S. Kubeka
Corner of Christiaan de Wet Road & Pioneer Avenue
Room 6-056 GJ Gerwel Building
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of South Africa
Science Campus
Florida 1709
Johannesburg
South Africa

Tel: +27 11 670 9172 / 9147

Fax +27 11 670 9171
E–mail: [email protected]
Online address: https://my.unisa.ac.za

Functions of your lecturers and tutors

• Inquiries about technical content.

• Set assignments.

• Mark assignments.

• Set examination papers.

• Mark examination papers

Do NOT submit your assignments to your lecturers or tutors.

3.2 Department

You may contact the department by post or telephone.

Contact details:

Department of Mathematical Sciences

University of South Africa
P O Box 392
UNISA
0003

Tel: +27 11 670 9172

Fax +27 12 670 9171
Online address: https://my.unisa.ac.za

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3.3 University

If you need to contact the University about matters not related to the content of this course, please
consult the publication my studies @ Unisa that you received with your study material. This booklet
contains information on how to contact the University (e.g. to whom you can write for different
queries, important telephone and fax numbers, addresses and details of the times certain facilities
are open).
Always have your student number at hand when you contact the University.

4 MODULE RELATED RESOURCES

4.1 Prescribed and Recommended books

The prescribed book for this module is

DG Duffy, Advanced Engineering Mathematics with MATLAB 2nd edition, or latest.
The library has a limited number of copies of this book.

4.2 Recommended books

A further reference which students may find helpful, is the following book:

KA Stroud (with additions by DJ Booth), Advanced Engineering Mathematics (4th ed), Palgrave
Macmillan, 2003

4.3 Electronic reserves

There are no electronic reserves for this module.

For information on the various student support systems and services available at Unisa (e.g. stu-
dent counseling, tutorial classes, language support), please consult the publication my studies @
Unisa that you received with your study material.

• Contact with fellow students

• Study groups:
It is advisable to have contact with fellow students. One way to do this is to form study groups.
The addresses of students in your area may be obtained from the following department:
Directorate: Student Administration and Registration
P O Box 392
•
UNISA
0003

• myUnisa:
If you have access to a computer that is linked to the internet, you can quickly access re-
sources and information at the University. The myUnisa learning management system is
Unisa’s online campus that will help you to communicate with your lecturers, with other stu-
dents and with the administrative departments of Unisa – all through the computer and the
internet.

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To go to the myUnisa website, start at the main Unisa website,

http://www.unisa.ac.za and then click on the “Login to myUnisa” link on the right–hand side
of the screen. This should take you to the myUnisa website. You can also go there directly
by typing in http://my.unisa.ac.za.
Please consult the publication my studies @ Unisa which you received with your study mate-
rial for more information on myUnisa.

DO NOT CONTACT YOUR TUTOR REGARDING THESE QUESTIONS!!!!

You will find the following on myUNISA:

• Tutorial letter 101 – READ THIS FIRST

• A study notes for EMT4801

Note: Some of this tutorial matter may not be available when you register. Tutorial matter that
is not available when you register will be posted on myUNISA as soon as possible. Once your
registration is confirmed missing study material may from myUNISA.

5 MODULE SPECIFIC STUDY PLAN

Module 1: Sequences and Series

The material on sequences and series is not covered in the prescribed book. You should study
this section from the study guide. If you need addtional background you can refer to the textbook
prescribed/recommended for MAT1581 and MAT2691, namely

KA Stroud (with additions by Dexter J Booth), Engineering Mathematics, edition 5 or 6 or latest.

(Edition 5 was published by Palgrave publishers in 2001 and edition 6 by Industrial press in 2007.)

This book has chapters on both series and power series which cover almost everything, except the
algorithms for estimating the accuracy of a partial sum approximation, presented in section 1.2.5
of the study guide.

Module 2: Complex Analysis

This material may either be studied from the study guide or chapter 1 of the prescribed textbook.
In the textbook you do not need to do example 1.9.4 and also don’t need to do any of the examples
in section 1.10 (that is examples 1.10.1–1.10.3).

Module 3: Laplace Transforms: Continuous Signals and Systems

This material may either be studied from the study guide, or from chapter 6 of the prescribed
textbook. If you choose to study this from the prescribed textbook you need to take note of the
following points:

• You do not need to study sections 6.7 and 6.10 in the textbook.

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 • Although the textbook does deal with transfer functions, it does not cover stability in enough
detail. It also does not deal with the state space approach. Hence you will need to study
section 3.5.2 and unit 3.6 from the study guide together with chapter 6 of the textbook.

Module 4: Z–transforms, Discrete Signals and Systems

This material may either be studied from the study guide, or from chapter 7 of the prescribed book.
When studying this material from the textbook you need to take note of the following points:

• You do not need to know all the methods for inverting a Z–transform in section 7.3. It is
enough to study only the method based on partial fraction expansion.

• The textbook does not cover the state space model. Hence you will need to study unit 4.5
from the study guide, together with chapter 7 of the textbook.

6 MODULE PRACTICAL WORK AND WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING

There are no practicals for this module.

7 ASSESSMENT
Marks will be allocated for assignments. The average of these marks will form 20% of the final
mark with 80% contributed by the final examination.

7.1 Assessment Plan

There are three assignments for this course, which appear further on under section. The study
material on which each one is based, is summarized in the assignment submission programme
which appears further on this section.

7.2 General Assignment numbers

Assignments are numbered as 01, 02, 03 and 04.

7.3 Unique assignment numbers

In addition to the general number each assignment has its own unique number which must be
written on the assignment.

ASSIGNMENTS Unique numbers

01 665527
02 873954
03 884097

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7.4 Due dates of assignment

THE CUT–OFF SUBMISSION DATES FOR THE ASSIGNMENTS

Assignment 01 03 May 2021
Assignment 02 07 June 2021
Assignment 03 05 July 2021

7.5 Submission of assignments

Submit at least one assignment before 04 May 2021. There is no way around this requirement,
which is a consequence of government regulations. Assignments should be addressed to:

The Registrar
P O Box 392
UNISA
0003

You may submit your assignments either by post or electronically via myUnisa. Assignments may
not be submitted by fax or e–mail. For detailed information and requirements as far as assignments
are concerned, see the brochure my studies @ Unisa that you received upon registration.
To submit an assignment via myUnisa

• Go to myUnisa.
• Log in with your student number and password.’
• Select the course.
• Click on assignments in the left–hand menu.
• Click on the assignment number you want to submit.
• Follow the instructions on the screen.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING POINT :

• FOR SUBSIDY PURPOSES THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REQUIRES STUDENTS

TO GIVE INDICATION THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY STUDYING THE MODULES THEY
ARE REGISTERED FOR. FOR THIS REASON STUDENTS MUST BE SURE TO SUBMIT
AT LEAST ONE ASSIGNMENT BEFORE OR ON 04 MAY 2021.
AS FAR AS THIS REQUIREMENT IS CONCERNED, NO EXTENSION CAN BE GIVEN.

How to submit your assignment

You can either submit assignments by regular mail to the “Assignments Section”, or by dropping it
off in one of the UNISA postboxes at the learning centres, or electronically via the internet. When
you submit take note of the following points:

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 • ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR THE ASSIGNMENT TO REACH UNISA BEFORE THE CUT–
OFF DATE.

• KEEP A CLEAR COPY OF THE ASSIGNMENT FOR YOUR OWN REFERENCE. THIS IS
IMPORTANT, AS ASSIGNMENTS DO GET LOST.

• IF YOU SUBMIT BY REGULAR MAIL, YOU ARE ADVISED TO REGISTER THE MAIL.

• WHEN SUBMITTING VIA myUnisa IT IS ADVISABLE TO SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT

IN PDF FORMAT.

To submit an assignment via myUnisa:

• Go to myUnisa.

• Log in with your student number and password.

• Select the module from the orange bar.

• Click on assignments in the left menu.

• Click on the assignment number you want to submit.

• Follow the instructions.

7.6 Feedback on assignments

Each assignment that is submitted will be returned together with a copy of the solutions of that
assignment. If no assignment is submitted solutions will not be sent out automatically.

Once exam admissions are finalized, solutions to the assignments will be made available on myU-
nisa.

Exam admission and the year mark

If you do gain entrance to the exam, your final mark for the module will be calculated from a year
mark and the exam mark according to the following formula:

• The year mark contributes to 20%.

• The examination mark contributes to 80%.

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The year mark is in turn calculated from the scores obtained for the assignments with each assign-
ment contributing to the year mark. Their contribution towards the year mark are as shown in the
table below:

ASSIGNMENT CONTRIBUTION
NUMBER TOWARDS YEAR MARK
01 33%
02 33 %
03 34%
TOTAL =100%

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 7.7 Assignments

Assignment 01
Unique number: 665527
Recommended closing date: 03 May 2021
Based among on all Units in Module 1

Question 1
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 1 (page 5) { 12, 14 }

(5,5)

Question 2
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 1 (page 22) { 14, 16 }

(5,5)

Question 3
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 1 (page 28) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 4
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 1 (page 32) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 5
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 1 (page 36) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 6
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 1 (page 45) { 8, 10 }

(5,5)

Question 7
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 1 (page 51) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

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Question 8
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 1 (page 60) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 9
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 1 (page 68) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 10
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 1 (page 68) { 3, 4 }

(5,5)

[100]
TOTAL: [75]

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 Assignment 02
Unique number: 873954
Recommended closing date: 07 June 2021
Based among on all Units in Module 2

Question 1
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 6 (page 341) { 5, 6 }

(5,5)

Question 2
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 6 (page 348) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 3
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 6 (page 356) { 11, 12 }

(5,5)

Question 4
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 6 (page 362) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 5
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 6 (page 372) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

[50]

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Assignment 03
Unique number: 884097
Recommended closing date: 05 July 2021
Based on all Units in Module 3

Question 6
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 6 (page 378) { 11, 12 }

(5,5)

Question 7
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 6 (page 380) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 8
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 6 (page 404) { 5, 10 }

(5,5)

Question 9
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 6 (page 412) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 10
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 6 (page 419) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

[50]

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 Assignment 04
Based on all Units in Module 4

Question 1
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 7 (page 431) { 3, 4 }

(5,5)

Question 2
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 7 (page 441) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 3
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 7 (page 453) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 4
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 7 (page 465) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

Question 5
Chapters(Dean G. Duffy, 2nd edition ) Exercises
Chapter 7 (page 472) { 1, 2 }

(5,5)

[50]

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8 EXAMINATIONS

EXAMINATION INFORMATION FOR ENGINEERING

(ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (THEORY) EMT4801)
Type of examination Closed book
Examination duration 3 hours
Examination language English
Non–programmable calculators
are allowed Yes

Take note that the Engineering Applications in the study guide are primarly there for illustrative
purposes. Hence in the exam the focus will be more on the actual mathematics underlying the
applications, rather than the applications themselves.

In addition some of the material in the study guide is there for the purpose of revision. Where
material is included for the sake of revision, the focus will be more on that part of the work which is
truly new and not so much on the work being revised. This means that
• You will not be directly tested on matrix algebra. You merely need to be able to use it to deal
with state space equations.
• In the module on Laplace transforms the focus will be more on the material not dealt with in
MAT301W, namely

– the behavior of F (p) as p → ∞;

– the initial–value theorem;
– the final–value theorem;
– solution of simultaneous linear de’s;
– step and impulse functions, and the application of step functions to Laplace transforms
of periodic functions;
– all material relating to transfer functions
– all material relating to convolution
– all material relating to the state space approach.

In preparing for the exam it is insufficient to only do the assignment questions. Some of the
exercises in the study guide and the textbook need to be attempted as well. Do as many of these
as you need to be able to master the underlying techniques.

Mathematics is a time consuming (but most enjoyable) subject once you have mastered it. You
should do so many problems, that once you’ve read the question, you should immediately recog-
nize the solution method.
The Oct/Nov 2006 is included to assist you in your preparation.

Examination Paper
INSTRUCTIONS:

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 • Pocket calculators may be used

• Answer all the questions

QUESTION 1
Consider the series ∞
X 2n + 6
.
n=1
(n + 2)3
For each of the following convergence tests state with justification whether the test proves conver-
gence, divergence, or does not confirm either:

1.1 Ratio test. (3)

1.2 Comparison test. (4)

[7]

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QUESTION 2

2.1 Estimate the maximum error if the first four terms of the series
∞
X 5n − 4
n=1
4n

is used to estimate the sum. (6)

2.2 Determine the interval of convergence of the power series (12)

∞
X (n + 2) (x + 2)n
n=1
2n (3n + 2)

[18]

QUESTION 3

3.1 Consider the transformation

2
w=
z+2
from the z-plane onto the w-plane, where z = x + iy and w = u + iv.

3.1.1 Determine the equation of the image of the line y = x + 1 under this transformation. (6)
3.1.2 Now compute the image of the points

A (−1, 0) ; B (0, 1) ; C (1, 2)

on the line in question 3.1.1. (5)

3.2 Consider u (x, y) = (x + 1)2 − y 2 .

3.2.1 Show that u is harmonic. (4)

3.2.2 Determine the harmonic conjugate v of u. (5)

3.3
3.3.1 Show how the real integral
∞
x2
Z
dx
−∞ (x2 + 1) (x2 + 4)
may be converted to a contour integral for a suitable path. Make sure you describe or
sketch the path used. (7)

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 3.3.2 Now determine ∞
x2
Z
dx
−∞ (x2 + 1) (x2 + 4)
using the contour integral described in (3.3.1). (8)

[36]

QUESTION 4
Suppose we are given a system with input u (t) and output x (t) described by the equation
x00 + 4x0 + 7x = 5u0 − 3u.
Assume also that the system is initially at rest (i.e. x0 (0) = x (0) = 0 = u (0)).
4.1 Write down the transfer function G (p) of the system. (3)
4.2 Now write down a state-space model for the system (yielding the same transfer function). (3)
4.3 Use the initial and final value theorems to determine g (0+ ) and lim g (t) where g (t) =
t→∞
L−1 (G (p)) . (6)
[12]

QUESTION 5
Use the method of convolution to find
h i
−1 p2
L (p2 +1)2
. [7]

QUESTION 6
Suppose we have a system described by the difference equation with input {uk }
3yk+2 + 4yk+1 + yk = uk+1 − uk
which is initially in a quiescent state (y0 = y1 = 0 = u0 ) .

Write down the transfer function of the system and say if the system is stable or not. [5]

QUESTION 7
7.1 Solve the following state-space equations by taking a Z-transform and using an inverse ma-
trix, given that
0 = x1 (0) = x2 (0) and uk = {1, 0, 0, . . .} .
      
x1 (k + 1) 1 0 x1 (k) 1
= + uk
x2 (k + 2) −2 3 x2 (k) 0
 
  x1 (k)
yk = 2 −3 12 (1)
x2 (k)

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7.2 Determine the values y0 ; y1 ; y2 . (3)

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TOTAL: [100]

10. OTHER ASSESSMENT METHODS

The are no other assessment methods in this module.
11. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
None.

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