UG–431 BMS–21/BMC–21

B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION —

JUNE, 2017.

Second Year

Mathematics/Mathematics With Computer

Applications
GROUPS AND RINGS

Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 75

SECTION A — (5 × 5 = 25 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

1. Show that f : R  R defined by f ( x )  2x  3 is a

bijection and find its universe.

2. Prove that a non empty subset H of a group G is

a subgroup of G if and only if a,bH  ab 1 H .

3. Let H be a subgroup of a group G . Show that

number of left cosets of H is the same as number
of right cosets of H .
4. Show that a subgroup N of a group G is normal if
and only if the product of two right cosets of N
again a right coset of N .

5. Show that a ring has no zero divisors if and only if

cancellation law is valid in R .

6. Show that intersection of two sub rings of a ring

R is a sub ring of R and union of two sub rings
need not be a sub ring.

7. Let a,b be two non zero elements of an integral

domain R . Show that a and b are associates if
and only if a  bu where u is a unit of R .

8. Let a,b be two non zero elements of an Enclidean

domain. Show that if b is not a unit in R , then
d( a )  d( ab) .

SECTION B — (5 × 10 = 50 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

9. (a) Show that any permutation can be expressed

as a product of disjoint cycles.
(b) Let An be set of all even permutations in Sn .
n!
Show that An is a group containing .
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10. Let A, B be two subgroups of a group G . Show
that AB is a sub group of G if and only if
AB  BA .

11. State and prove Cayley’s theorem.

12. For any group G , show that

(a) Aut (G ) is also a group and

(b) I (G ) is a normal sub group of Aut (G ) .

13. (a) Show that any finite integral domain in a

field.
(b) Prove that the characteristic of an integral
domain D is either a prime number or zero.

14. (a) Let R be a commutative ring with identity.

Show that R is a field if and only if R has
no proper ideal.
(b) Let P be an ideal of a commutative ring R
with identity. Show that P is a prime ideal
if and only if R / P is an integral domain.

15. Show that any integral domain D can be

embedded in a field F .

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16. (a) Show that every ideal of an Euclidean
domain is a principal ideal.
(b) Show that in an Euclidean domain R , any
two elements a,b R have a g.c.d and it is of
the form ax  by where x , y R .

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B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION —

JUNE, 2017.
Second Year

Mathematics
STATISTICS AND MECHANICS

Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 75

SECTION A — (5  5 = 25 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

1. What are the uses of measures of central tendency

and measures of dispersion?

2. What are regression coefficients? Give any two of

its properties.

3. What is consumer price index? Give its uses.

4. Define the moment generating function of a

continuous random variable.

5. Write the steps in testing a statistical hyposthesis.

6. Show that energy is conserved during the motion
of a projectile.

7. Define –
(a) Oscillation
(b) Vibration
(c) Amplitude
(d) Period
(e) Frequency of a projectile.

8. Show that the motion of a particle under a central

force is coplanar.

SECTION B — (5  10 = 50 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

9. Define skewness and kurtosis of a given set of

data. Write their uses.

10. Given log10 654  2.8156 , log10 658  2.8182 ,

log10 659  2.8189 , log10 661  2.8202 find
log10 656 using Lagrange’s interpolation formula.

11. In a sequence of Bernoulli trials, let X be the

length of the run of either successes or failures
starting with the first trial. Find E X  and V X  .

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12. A coin is tossed 10,000 times and turns up head
5195 times. Discuss whether the coin may be
regarded as unbiased one.

13. Let X be a normal variate with mean 30 and SD 5.

Find the probability that
(a) 26  X  40
(b) X  45
(c) X  30  5 .

14. Show that the resultant motion of two simple

harmonic motion of same period along two
perpendicular lines is an ellipse.

15. Show that the velocities of two spheres are

interchanged by impact.

16. Find the differential equation of a central orbit in

polar coordinates.

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B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION –

JUNE, 2017.
Second Year

Mathematics

CLASSICAL ALGEBRA AND NUMERICAL

METHODS

Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 75

PART A — (5 × 5 = 25 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

1. Find the sum to infinity of the series

5 7 9
  .
1! 3! 5!

2. Find the coefficient of x n in the expansion of

1  2 x  3x 2
.
ex

3. Remove thefractional coefficients from the

1 1 1
equation x 3  x 2  x 0.
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4. If  ,  , , be the roots of the biquadratic equation
x 4  px 3  qx 2  rx  s  0 , find  2  2 .

5. Find the root of the equation 4 x  e x  0 , that lies

between 2 and 3 correct to 4 places of decimals,
using Newton’s – Raphson method.
6. Using Newton’s divided difference formula find
the polynomial in x from the following data :
x 0 1 2 5
f(x) 2 3 12 147

7. Find the values of sec 31 from the following table,

using numerical differentiation based on Newton’s
forward difference formula :
 (deg) 31 32 33 34
tan  0.6008 0.6249 0.6494 0.6745

8. Find the value of y (1) , using Euler’s method,

dy
given that  xy, y (0)  1 , taking h  0.25 .
dx

PART B — (5 × 10 = 50 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions.

9. Show that
1 1 1 1 1  1 1 1  1
log 12  1         2     3  
2 34 4 54 6 74

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10. Solve the equation x 3  6x  9  0 by Cardon’s
method.
11. Show that the equation 3x 4  8x 3  6x 2  24x  7  0
has one positive, one negative and two imaginary
roots.
12. Solve the following system of equations by Gauss –
Jordan method.
x1  x 2  x 3  9
2x1  3x 2  4 x 3  13
3x1  4 x 2  5x 3  40

13. Find the root of the equation 4 sin x  e x that lies

between 0 and 0.5, correct to 4 places of decimals,
using the method of false position.
14. Use Lagrange’s interpolation formula to find the
value of y when x  9 from the following data :
x 5 7 11 13 17
y 150 392 1452 2366 5202
15. Using Taylor’s series method, find y at x  1.1
dy
and 1.2, by solving the equation  x 2  y2 ,
dx
y (1)  2 .
16. Find the value of y (0.1) , using Runge – Kutta
method of fourth order with h  0.1 , given that
dy
 x 2 y  x , y(0)  1 .
dx
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