Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
MA 101: Engineering Mathematics I
Odd Semester, 2017–2018
Assignment 1
Date of Submission: 08-Sept-2017
Please read the following instructions carefully.
• Time of submission of the assignment is during 5:00 – 5:30 PM.
• Venue of Submission:
o LT 11 (Department of Mathematical Sc.): for the students of DG, TS, KNR
o LT 12 (Department of Mathematical Sc.): for the students of VKS, SM, RS
• No late submission will be strictly allowed.
• Answer all the questions. Each question carries five marks.
• Answer of a new question should be started on a fresh page.
• At the top of the first page, please mention the following, in the given order,
Name:
Roll Number:
Branch:
Instructor’s Name:
• While submitting the assignment, please do not forget to sign in the attendance sheet.
• The pages of the assignments are to be stapled together. An unstapled assignment will not be
accepted.
• Assignment should be submitted by own self.
• The assignment should be submitted in unruled papers.
• Violation of the any of the above rule will carry zero marks against the assignment.
1. With the help of the very definition, test convergence of the sequences
𝑛𝑛
(i)
√𝑛𝑛+1
√𝑛𝑛
(ii) 𝑛𝑛 2 +1
2. Test the convergence of the series
𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋
(i) sin + sin + sin + ⋯
2 4 6
𝑛𝑛
(ii) ∑∞
𝑛𝑛=0 � 𝑥𝑥 𝑛𝑛 , 𝑥𝑥 > 0
𝑛𝑛+1
3. Using Cauchy’s criterion, examine the convergence of the sequence
1 1 1
� + +. . . + � , 𝑛𝑛 ∊ ℕ.
𝑛𝑛 𝑛𝑛 + 1 2𝑛𝑛
4. Find the Taylor Series expansion of
1
𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = at 𝑎𝑎 = 1.
𝑥𝑥 2
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