Open University of Mauritius

BSc (HONS) COMPUTER SCIENCE [OUbs033]

EXAMINATION FOR: November - December 2023

MODULE : Computational Mathematics [OUbs033112]

DATE : Thursday 16 November 2023

DURATION : 2 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. This question paper consists of FOUR (4) QUESTIONS.

2. Answer ALL questions.

3. Calculator is allowed. Such calculator should not be programmable and should not
contain any storage data
4. Always start a new question on a fresh page.
5. Total marks: 100

This question paper contains 4 questions and 4 pages.

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 ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1 [25 MARKS]

Part A
Solve the following system of equations by using Gauss Elimination Method & Gauss Jordan
Method.

x+ y+ z= 9
x- 2y + 3z = 8
2 x+ y- z = 3

(20 marks)
Part B
1 3 2
Prove that A3 − A2 − 3A + 11A = 0 where A= { 2 0 −1 }.
1 2 3
(5 marks)

QUESTION 2 [25 MARKS]

a) Consider the situation in which the mass, y g, of a chemical is related to the time, x
minutes, for which the chemical reaction has been taking place, according to the table.

Time, x 5 7 12 16 20
min
Mass,y g 4 12 18 21 24

i. Derive the least square estimators for the slope and intercept in a similar for the linear
Regression
(7 marks)
ii. Find the equation of the regression line y on x.
(5 marks)

iii. State the assumptions in the method you have used to obtain the equation in part (ii).
(2 marks)

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b) The marks of eight candidates in English and Mathematics are:

Candidate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
English (x) 50 58 35 86 76 43 40 60
Mathematics 65 72 54 82 32 74 40 53
(y)

I. Rank the results and hence find spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between the
two (2) sets of marks. Comment on the value obtained.
(5 marks)
ii. State two (2) properties of a good estimators.
(2 marks)

iii. What is the most negative value correlation can take?

(1 mark)

iv. Does a high negative correlation tell us anything about the variability of the estimator of
the slope parameter in the regression Y on X. Justify your answer.
(2 marks)

v. Why is the sample variance said to be unbiased for the population variance? Should
one always use the sample variance to estimate the population variance
(1 mark)

QUESTION 3 [25 MARKS]

Part A
Define the following terms
i. Complete Graph (1 mark)
ii. Regular Graph (1 mark)
iii. Bipartite Graph (1 mark)
iv. Connected Graph (1 mark)
v. Pendent Vertex in Tree (1 mark)

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Part B
Determine if the given pair of Graphs are Isomorphic.

(10 marks)

Part C
State and Prove the Handshaking Theorem
(10 marks)

QUESTION 4 [25 MARKS]

Explain the concepts of Injective, Surjective and Bijective function and provide an example
for each.

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