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UG 4 Semester Examination 2021

Award: B.Sc. (Hons)

Discipline: Mathematics
Course Type: CC- 8
Course Code: BSCHMTMC401
Course Name: Riemann Integration and Series of Functions
Full Marks: 40 Time: 2 Hrs
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(The figures in the right-hand margin indicate full marks. Candidates are required to give their answers in
their own words as far as practicable. Notations and symbols have their usual meaning)

1. Answer any five questions: 1x5=5

(a) Give an example of a function 𝑓: 0,1 → ℝ such that 𝑓 2 is Riemann integrable, but 𝑓 is not.
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𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ∈ (0, 1]
(b) Prove that 𝑓 𝑥 = is Riemann integrable on [0,1].
0, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 0
(c) Let 𝑓: 𝑎, 𝑏 → ℝ be a bounded, Riemann integrable function and 𝐹: 𝑎, 𝑏 → ℝ be a
𝑥
function defined by 𝐹 𝑥 = 𝑎
𝑓 𝑡 𝑑𝑡. Is 𝐹 necessarily differentiable in (𝑎, 𝑏)? Justify
your answer.
1 1
(d) Prove that, β , =𝜋.
2 2

(e) Examine whether the sequence of functions 𝑓𝑛 𝑥 = 𝑥 𝑛 converges pointwise in [0, 1].
(f) Find the radius of convergence of the power series ∑𝑎𝑛 𝑥 𝑛 where ,

1 𝑛
𝑖𝑓 𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑑𝑑
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𝑎𝑛 = .
1 𝑛
𝑖𝑓 𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛
2

(g) Show that 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑥[𝑥] is integrable in [0, 3].

∞ 4 −𝑥
(h) Evaluate 0
𝑥 𝑒 𝑑𝑥.
(i) Let 𝑓: 𝑎, 𝑏 → ℝ and 𝑔: 𝑎, 𝑏 → ℝ be both continuous functions on [𝑎, 𝑏] and
𝑏 𝑏
𝑎
𝑓= 𝑎
𝑔. Prove that there exists a point 𝑐 in [𝑎, 𝑏] such that 𝑓 𝑐 = 𝑔(𝑐) .
(j) Write down the Parseval’s identity for fourier series expansion.

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2. Answer any five questions: 2x5=10

(a) Let 𝑓: 𝑎, 𝑏 → ℝ be a bounded function. Suppose that there is a partition 𝑃 of [𝑎, 𝑏] such that
𝐿 𝑃, 𝑓 = 𝑈(𝑃, 𝑓) . Show that 𝑓 is a constant function.

(b) Let 𝑓: 𝑎, 𝑏 → ℝ and 𝑔: 𝑎, 𝑏 → ℝ be integrable on [𝑎, 𝑏] . Prove that max(𝑓, 𝑔) is

integrable on [𝑎, 𝑏].

𝑥 2 𝑒 1+𝑡
(c) Evaluate: lim𝑥→0 𝑑𝑡 .
0 𝑥2

∞ 1
(d) Examine the convergence of the improper integral: 0 𝑡2+ 𝑡
𝑑𝑡 .

𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑥
(e) Examine the uniform convergence of the series of function: ∑ .
𝑛2

(f) Let {𝑓𝑛 } be a sequence of functions converging uniformly on [𝑎, 𝑐] and [𝑐, 𝑑], 𝑎 < 𝑏 < 𝑐 .
Prove that {𝑓𝑛 } converges uniformly on [𝑎, 𝑏].

(g) Find the Fourier series of the function: 𝑓 𝑥 = 1 − |𝑥|/𝐿,where 𝑥 ∈ [−𝐿, 𝐿] .

(h) Let 𝑅 (> 0) be the radius of convergence of the power series ∑ 𝑎𝑛 𝑥 𝑛 and [𝑎, 𝑏] be any
closed interval contained in (−𝑅, 𝑅). Show that the series uniformly convergent on [𝑎, 𝑏] .
𝜋
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(i) Examine the convergence of the improper integral: 0
4 𝑑𝑥
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥

(−1)𝑛 +1
(j) Find the radius of convergence of the power series ∑∞
0 (𝑥 − 2)𝑛 .
𝑛+1 (𝑛+2)

3. Answer any three questions: 5x3=15

𝑏
(a) i) Let 𝑓: 𝑎, 𝑏 → 𝑹 be a continuous function and 𝑎
𝑓𝑔 (𝑥)𝑑𝑥 = 0 for every continuous
function 𝑔: 𝑎, 𝑏 → 𝑹. Show that 𝑓 𝑥 = 0 for every 𝑥 ∈ [𝑎, 𝑏] .

3 𝜋/3 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 2
(ii) Prove that : ≤ 𝜋/4
𝑑𝑥 ≤ . [3+2]
8 𝑥 6

1 1 1
(b) (i) Prove that: lim𝑛 →∞ + 𝑛+2 + ⋯ + 𝑛+𝑛 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 .
𝑛+1

(ii) Let 𝑓: 𝑎, 𝑏 → 𝑹 be continuous function and 𝑓 𝑥 ≥ 0 for all 𝑥 ∈ [𝑎, 𝑏] . Show that
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𝑏
lim𝑛→∞ [ 𝑎
{𝑓 𝑥 }𝑛 𝑑𝑥]𝑛 = 𝑀, where 𝑀 = sup⁡
{𝑓 𝑥 : 𝑥 ∈ 𝑎, 𝑏 } . [2+3]
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(c) For each 𝑛 ∈ 𝑵 , let 𝑓𝑛 𝑥 = 𝑛𝑥𝑒 −𝑛𝑥 , 𝑥 ∈ [0,1] . Show that the sequence {𝑓𝑛 } is not
uniformly convergent on [0, 1] .

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(d) Apply the Parseval’s identity to the function 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑥 2 , 𝑥 ∈ [−𝜋, 𝜋] , find the sum of the
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series ∑ 𝑛 4 .

𝑛
(e) (i) ∑∞
𝑛=0 𝑎𝑛 𝑥 is a power series with radius of convergence 𝑅 (> 0) . Construct a power
𝑛 𝑛
series ∑∞ ∞
𝑛=0 𝑏𝑛 𝑥 , other than ∑𝑛=0 𝑥 , such that the radius of convergence of the series
∑∞ 𝑛
𝑛=0 𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑛 𝑥 is also 𝑅.

𝑛
(ii) Let ∑∞
𝑛=0 𝑎𝑛 𝑥 be a power series with radius of convergence 𝑅 (> 0) and 𝑓(𝑥) be the
sum the series on (−𝑅, 𝑅). Then show that 𝑓 𝑘 0 = 𝑘! 𝑎𝑘 , 𝑘 = 0,1,2, … . [2+3]
1 𝑚 −1 1 Γ(𝑛)
(f) Prove that 𝑥 (log 𝑥 )𝑛−1 𝑑𝑥 = , 𝑖𝑓 𝑚 > 0, 𝑛 > 0
0 𝑚𝑛

4. Answer any one question: 10x1=10

𝑥 1
(a) (i) A function 𝑓: 0,1 → 𝑹 is continuous on [0,1] and 0
𝑓 𝑡 𝑑𝑡 = 𝑥
𝑓(𝑡) 𝑑𝑡 for all
𝑥 ∈ [0,1]. Prove that 𝑓 𝑥 = 0 for all 𝑥 ∈ [0,1] .
1
𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 , 𝑥 ∈ (0, 1]
(ii) Let 𝑓 𝑥 = . Test whether 𝑓 is Riemann integrable or not.
0, 𝑥 = 0
𝜋
(1+sin )𝑛 −1
(iii) A function 𝑓 defined on [0,1] by 𝑓 0 = 0, and 𝑓 𝑥 = lim𝑛→∞ 𝑥
𝜋 , 𝑥𝜖 0,1 .
(1+sin )𝑛 +1
𝑥
Prove that 𝑓 is integrable on [0,1]. [3+3+4]

∞ 𝑘𝑡 1
(b) (i) Determine the values of 𝒌 for which the improper integral 1 1+𝑡 2
− 2𝑡 𝑑𝑡 converges .

(ii) Let {𝑓𝑛 } be a sequence of continuous functions on [𝑎, 𝑏] and converges uniformly on
𝑥
[𝑎, 𝑏] . If 𝑔𝑛 𝑥 = 𝑎 𝑛
𝑓 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 , 𝑎 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 𝑏, then prove that the sequence {𝑔𝑛 } is uniformly
convergent on [𝑎, 𝑏] . [5+5]
1 2
(c) (i) Obtain the Fourier series of the function 𝑓 𝑥 = 4 𝜋 − 𝑥 in the interval 0,2𝜋 .
1 1 1 1 𝜋2
Hence prove that: − + − +⋯ = .
12 22 32 42 12

𝑛
(ii) Let 𝑅 > 0 and 𝑓(𝑥) be the sum of the power series ∑∞
𝑛=0 𝑎𝑛 𝑥 on (−𝑅, 𝑅).
If 𝑓 𝑥 + 𝑓 −𝑥 = 0 for all 𝑥 ∈ (−𝑅, 𝑅) , then prove that 𝑎𝑛 = 0 for all even 𝑛. [5+5]

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