Chapter 1: Infinite Series, Power Series
Q.12.1P
By the method used to obtain (12.5)[which is the series(13.1)below], verify each of the other series (13.2)to (13.5)below.
Q12P
In a water purification process, one-nth of the impurity is removed in the first stage. In each succeeding stage, the amount of impurity removed is one-nth of that removed in the preceding stage. Show that if, the water can be made as pure as you like, but that if, at least one-half of the impurity will remain no matter how many stages are used.
Q12P
Find the Lagrangian and Lagrange's equations for a simple pendulum (Problem ) if the cord is replaced by a spring with spring constant . Hint: If the unstretched spring length is , and the polar coordinates of the mass are , the potential energy of the spring is .
Q15P
Connect the midpoints of the sides of an equilateral triangle to form 4 smaller equilateral triangles. Leave the middle small triangle blank, but for each of the other 3 small triangles, draw lines connecting the midpoints of the sides to create 4 tiny triangles. Again leave each middle tiny triangle blank and draw the lines to divide the others into 4 parts. Find the infinite series for the total area left blank if this process is continued indefinitely. (Suggestion: Let the area of the original triangle be 1; then the area of the first blank triangle is 1/4.) Sum the series to find the total area left blank. Is the answer what you expect? Hint: What is the 鈥渁rea鈥 of a straight line? (Comment: You have constructed a fractal called the Sierpinski gasket. A fractal has the property that a magnified view of a small part of it looks very much like the original.)
Q1P
In the bouncing ball example above, find the height of the tenth rebound, and the distance traveled by the ball after it touches the ground the tenth time. Compare this distance with the total distance traveled.
Q1P
Prove theorem . Hint: Group the terms in the error as role="math" localid="1657423688910" to show that the error has the same sign as role="math" localid="1657423950271" Then group them asrole="math" localid="1657423791335" to show that the error has magnitude less than
Q 23P
Find the following limits using Maclaurin series and check your results by computer. Hint: First combine the fractions. Then find the first term of the denominator series and the first term of the numerator series.
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Q27P
The velocity Vof electrons from a high energy accelerator is very near the velocity Cof light. Given the voltage Vof the accelerator, we often want to calculate the ratio v/c. The relativistic formula for this calculation is (approximately, for V>>1)
, V=Number of million volts
Use two terms of the binomial series (13.5) to find 1-v/cin terms of V. Use your result to find 1-v/cfor the following values of V. Caution: V= the number of millionvolts.
(a)V =100 million volts
(b)V =500 million volts
(c)V =25,000 million volts
(d)V = 100 gigavolts ()
Q3P
Show that if is a positive integer, then when ,so is just a sum of terms, from to . For example, has terms, has terms, etc. This is just the familiar binomial theorem.
Q6P
Find the work done by the force is in moving an object from (1,0) to (0,1) long each of the three paths shown:
(a) straight line,
(b) circular arc,
(c) along lines parallel to the axes.
