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This assignment for MA1000 Calculus at IIITDM Kancheepuram includes various problems related to limits, continuity, and Riemann integrability. Students are required to evaluate limits, prove continuity using the epsilon-delta definition, and apply the Mean Value Theorem. The assignment also involves finding tangent lines to curves and calculating Riemann sums for a specific function.

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Assignment 3

This assignment for MA1000 Calculus at IIITDM Kancheepuram includes various problems related to limits, continuity, and Riemann integrability. Students are required to evaluate limits, prove continuity using the epsilon-delta definition, and apply the Mean Value Theorem. The assignment also involves finding tangent lines to curves and calculating Riemann sums for a specific function.

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IIITDM KANCHEEPURAM

MA1000 Calculus
Assignment 3
November 08, 2024
Submission Deadline: November 14, 2024 Maximum Marks: 10

1. If lim f (x) = L, then show that lim |f (x)| = |L|. Is the converse true?
x→x0 x→x0

2. Evaluate:

sin x e1/x − 1 3x + |x| 1 − 2 cos x + cos 2x


(i) lim √ (ii) lim (iii) lim (iv) lim
x→0 x x→0 e1/x + 1 x→0 7x − 5|x| x→0 x2
3. Prove the following using the  − δ definition.

1 x3 − 4 4
(i) lim+ =1 (ii) lim
=
x→0 e−1/x + 1 x→2 x2 + 1 5

1 if x is irrational
4. (a) Show that the function f (x) = is discontinuous every-
−1 if x is rational
where on the number line.
(b) For what values of a and b the function f : R → R defined by

 ax + 2b, x≤0
2
f (x) = x + 3a − b, 0<x≤2
3x − 5, x>2

is continuous at every x?
5. Test the continuity of the following functions at the given point(s).
( 1
[x + 1] sin if x ∈ (−1, 0) ∪ (0, 1)
(i) f (x) = x at x = 0 and x = 1
0 otherwise

(ii) f (x) = x − |x| at x = 0.

6. Show that the point (2, 4) lies on the curve x3 + y 3 − 9xy = 0. Find the tangent and
normal to the curve at (2, 4).
7. (a) Let f (x) = x1/3 (x−4). Find the intervals on which the function is either increasing
or decreasing. Also find the local and global extreme values.
(b) Suppose the derivative of the function y = f (x) is y 0 = (x − 1)2 (x − 2)(x − 4). At
what points, if any, does the graph of f have a local minimum, local maximum,
or point of inflection?
8. Use Mean Value Theorem to prove the following.
(a) 1 + x < ex < 1 + xex , ∀ x
v−u v−u
(b) 2
< tan−1 v − tan−1 u < , if 0 < u < v. Also deduce that
1+v 1 + u2
π 3 4 π 1
+ < tan−1 < + .
4 25 3 4 6

9. If a function f is Riemann integrable on [a, b], then prove the following:

(a) |f | is Riemann integrable on [a, b].


(b) f 2 is Riemann integrable on [a, b].

10. Consider f (x) = x3 on [0, 1]. Find its lower and


 upper Riemann sums,  L(Pn , f ) and
1 2 n−1
U (Pn , f ), corresponding to the partition Pn = 0, , , . . . , , 1 . Also show that
n n n
Z 1
1
x3 dx = .
0 4

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