HO CHI MINH CITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

MIDTERM TEST Semester 1, Academic year 2010-2011 Duration: 90 minutes SUBJECT: Calculus 2 (EE School) Chair of Department of Mathematics Professor Phan Quoc Khanh Signature: Instructions: Open-book examination. Marks are shown in italics. Question 1. (20 marks) a) Determine whether the below statement is true or false. If it is true, explain why. If it is false, explain why or give an example that disproves the statement. Signature:

Lecturer: Dr. Pham Huu Anh Ngoc

If

n n=1 cn x

converges when x = 2010, then it converges when x = 2011.

b) Test the series for convergence or divergence

(1)n
n=1

n2

n . +1

Is the series absolutely convergent? Question 2. (20 marks) A sequence is dened recursively by the equations a1 = 2010 and an+1 = 1 2 (an + 2011). Show that (an )n is increasing and bounded above. Deduce that (an )n is convergent and nd its limit.

Question 3. (20 marks)

Find the radius of convergence and interval of convergence of the series

(1)n
n=1

xn . 6n 5

Question 4. (20 marks) places

Use a power series to approximate the denite integral to six decimal

0.2 0

1 dx. 1 + x5

Question 5. (20 marks)

Use dierentiation to nd a power series representation for f (x) = 1 . (1 + 2x)2 END. 1

What is the radius of convergence?

ANSWERS OF MIDTERM TEST

Calculus 2, EE school
Question 1. a) The statement is false. The counterexample is
n=1

xn . (2011)n

b) The series

(1)n
n=1

n2

n +1

is convergent by the Alternating Series Test. However, it is not absolutely convergent because
n n2 +1 1 n n

lim

= 1 and
n=1

1 is divergent. n

Question 2. limn an = 2011. Question 3. The radius of convergence of the series

(1)n
n=1

xn 6n 5

is 1 and the interval of convergence (-1,1]. Question 4. Note that 1 1 = = 5 1+x 1 (x5 ) Then
0.2 0

(x5 )n =
n=0

(1)n x5n
n=0

1 < x < 1.

1 dx = 1 + x5

0.2

0.2

(1)n x5n dx =
0 n=0

(1)n
n=0 0

x5n dx =

(1)n
n=0

1 (5n + 1)55n+1

= Since

1 1 1 + ... 6 5 (6)5 (11)511 1 < 0.0000001, (11)511

it follows that
0

0.2

1 1 1 dx = 0.199989. 5 1+x 5 (6)56

Question 5. f (x) = 1 1 1 = (1 + 2x)2 2 1 + 2x

1 2

(2x)n
n=0

1 2

(1)n 2n (xn )
n=0

(1)n+1 2n1 (xn ) =

n=0 1 2.

(1)n+1 2n1 nxn1 .

n=1

The radius of convergence of the series is