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APJ ABDUL KALAIVI TECHNOLOGICAL

Third Semester B.Tech Degree Regular and Supplementary Examination

Course Code: MAT203

Course Name: Discrete Mathematical Structures
Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
PART A
Answer all questions. Each question carries 3 marks Marks
I Using truth table, verifu the logical equivalence (3)

lp-(qwl€[-r+(p+ il]
2 Let p(x) and q(x) denote the open statements in the universe of all integers (3)
p(x):xz -2x-3 = 0 & q(x): x 40
Determine the truth value of the following statement. If the statement is false
provide a suitable counterexample,
vx[7t(x) - q(x)]
3 How many arrangements are there of all the letters in 'SOCIOLOGICAL' such (3)
that A and G are adjacent?
4 A machine that inserts leffers into envelopes goes haywire and inserts letters (3)
randomly into envelopes. What is the probability that in a group of 100 letters,
no letter is put in the correct envelope?
5 Determine whether the function f : Z -> Z, f (x) = 2x is one-to-one and find its (3)
range.

6 Define partial ordering relation. Give an example. (3)

7 Write a recurrence relation for the number of words of length n, using only the .
(3)
three letters a, b, cwhich does not have tffib consecutive a's.

8 Find the exponential generating function forthe sequence l,-1, l,-1, 1,-1, ... (3)
9 Let S - {0,L,2,3 4 ...}.Is (S, *) a monoid? (3)
l0 State Lagrange's Theorem. (3)
PART B
Answer any onefull questionfrom each module. Each question corries 14 marks
Module I
1 l(a) Without using truth tables, show that (p v q) A -( -'p A q) e p (6)

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(b) Prove the validity of the following argument: (S)

"If it does not rain or if there is no traffic dislocation, then the sports day will
be held and cultural programmes will go on"; "If the sports day is heltl, the
trophy will be awarded" and "the trophy was not awarded"
Therefore "It rained".
l2(a) invalid
Show that the following argument is (6)

p, pve, e+ (r*s), t+r Thereforers+rt

(b) Determine the truth value of each of the following statements if the universe (8)
comprises all non zero integers
(i)lx3yfxy - 2l
(ii) 3xVY[xY = 27
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(iii) lrly[(Ax + 2Y = 3)A(x - Y- L)]

Module 2
l3(a) LetS c Z+,where lSl = 32. Showthat^Scontainstwoelementsthathavethe (6)

same.remainder upon division by 36

(b) Determine the number of integer solutions of x1 * x2 * xs * xa = 32, such (8)
that (i)xi)0,L<i<4
(ii)x1 >0,t<i<4
(iii)xi >-2, L<i<4
la(a) In the expansion of (x *y* z)7 , determine the coefficient of (6)

(D x'y'"'
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(b) During a 12 week conference, the vice-chancellor (V.C.) met his seven friends (g)
* from college. During the conference_, V.C. met each friend at lunch 35 times, ,
every pair of them 16 times, every trioTtimes, every foursome 4 times, each
set of five twice, each set of six once, but never all seven at once. If he had
lunch every day during the 84 days ofconference, did he ever have lunch alone.
Module 3
15(a) I-etA= {7,2,3,4,6,8,12} Let Rbeapartialorderingonldefinedby aRbif a (6)

divides b.Draw a Hasse diagram for the poset (4 R)

(b) lf A = {7,2,3,4,5,6,7} define R onAby (x, y) e.?"if x- y isamultiple of 3. (8)

Show that R is an equivalence relation on A

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l6(a) Let A = {a,b,c} (6)'

(i) List the set of all f?oper subsets of l.
(ii) LetR. be the subset relation defined on the set of all proper subseis
of l. Find the maximal elements and minimal elements
(b) Let A = {\,2,3,!2}. Show that Aunder division is a lattice. (S)

Module 4
' l7(a) Solve the recurrence relation en+z = 4an+t - an n ) 0 eo = L,ot = 3 (6)
(b) Solve the recurrence relation
(S)
Qn+z-3&n+t*2an=2n n) 0 oo:3,&t= 6
l8(a) In how many ways can a police offrcer distribute 24 rifle shells to four police (6)
offtcers so that each officer gets at least three shells but not more than eight?
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(b) Solve the recurrence relation on+t = o.n I n, n ) 2, oz = 1 (8)
Module 5
l9(a) Show that any group G is abelian if and only if (ab)z = azbz for all a,b e G (6)
(b) Let G -- {1,-1,r, -r} and . defines multiplication (g)
(i) Show that (G,. ) a group .
(ii) Is (G,. ) a cyclic group. If so, find each generator of G.
(iii) Find the order of each element in G.
20(a) Define semigroup homomorphism. Determine which of the following (6)

functions are homomorphism from ( T,+ ) to ( 7,. )

r (i) f(n):n
(ii) .f(n):3'

(b) Prove that" If His a non-empty subset of a group 6then His asubgroup of 6 (S)
n ifandonlyif(i)foralla,b €.H,ab €H.an$[ii)forall aEH,a-7 eH)' r

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