Maths Methods Engineers, Spring 2012 Department of Mathematics, University of Sussex

Exercise Sheet 4 Submit to the Maths oce by Monday 13.00 in Week 6

The problems on this sheet relate to the end of Chapter 3 and to Chapter 4 of the lectures and lecture notes. Please note: You must show your working when determining minima, maxima and points of inection to get full marks!

1. Compute the rst and second order derivatives of f (x) = 2x .

2. Consider the function f : R R, dened by f (x) = (x 1)7 . Determine (a) the curvature of the function and (b) the points of inection, if it has any. Find (c) the roots of the function and (d) the coordinates of any local maxima/minima, if the function has any. (e) Give a sketch of the graph of f which includes the identied features of f .

3. Consider the function f : R R, dened by f (x) = (x2 1)2 . Find (a) the roots, (b) the coordinates of any local maxima/minima, and (c) the points of inection, and (d) give a sketch of the graph of f which includes these.

4. Consider the function f : R \ {0} R, dened by 1 x = 0. f (x) = x , x Find (a) the roots, (b) the coordinates of any local maxima/minima, (c) the points of inection, and (d) the asymptotes of f . (e) Finally give a sketch of the graph of f which includes all the identied features of f .

5. Consider the function f : R R, f (x) = exp(x2 ) = ex .

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Determine (a) the curvature of the function, and nd (b) its points of inection, and (c) the coordinates of any local maxima/minima. (d) Finally give a sketch of the graph of f which includes all the identied features of f .