BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

First Semester, 2021-2022

MATH F214: Elementary Real Analysis
Comprehensive Exam (Open book)
Total Marks: 40
Time: 3 hours
Date: December 11, 2021

ˆ This question paper contains 8 questions. Answer ALL questions.

ˆ All notations carry their usual meaning as per the text book.

ˆ Marks are assigned against each question.

1. Suppose A and B are two neighborhoods of a point p ∈ R. Then prove that A ∩ B is also a
neighborhood of the point p. [2M]
2. Show that the Euclidean plane R2 is a metric space with respect to the function d defined by
d(x, y) = max{|x1 − y1 |, |x2 − y2 |},
where x = (x1 , x2 ) ∈ R2 and y = (y1 , y2 ) ∈ R2 . [3M]
3. Let P = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, . . . } be the set of prime numbers. Find the radius of convergence R of
the power series
X
f (z) = z p , where z ∈ C. [3M]
p∈P

4. Suppose that f is continuous function on R which is periodic with period 1 i.e. f (x+1) = f (x).
Show that the function f is uniformly continuous on R. [5M]
Z b
2 2
5. Define the function f on [a, b] by f (x) = x, x ∈ [a, b]. Show that f (x)dx ≤ b −a 2 , by
a
taking the partition Pn = {a, a + h, a + 2h, . . . , a + nh}, where h = b−a
n for any n ∈ N. Here
Z b
f (x)dx denotes the upper Riemann integral of f over [a, b]. [5M]
a

6. Define fn : [0, ∞) → R by
sin(nx)
fn (x) = .
1 + nx
(a) Using ϵ, N definition, show that fn does not converge uniformly on [0, ∞). [3M]
(b) Using ϵ, N definition, show that fn converges uniformly on [a, ∞) for every a > 0. [3M]
7. Suppose that f (x) is defined by
(a) f (x) = ∞ sin nx
P
n=1 n2021 . Then prove that f : R → R is continuous. [4M]
R1
(b) f (x) = ∞ x 1
P
n=1 (x2 +n)2 , ∀ x ∈ [0, 1]. Show that 0 f (x)dx = 2 . [5M]

8. The transformation L : R5 → R4 is defined by

L[x, y, z, w, t] = [x + y + z + w + t, 2x + 3y + z, 3z + w + 2t, 2w].
Show that L is a linear transformation. Find the matrix of the transformation with respect
to the standard bases. Also using this matrix find L[ 12 , 32 , 47 , 5, 11]. [2+3+2=7M]
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