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Math 421 homework


Chapter 3, page 48 of the textbook, due Tuesday Jan 26 in class
# 2,9,11abc,12,21,23.
Induction:
problem 1: prove 11c for all n, that is, prove that if H(H(y))= H(y), then H(H(...H(y)..))= H(y) when we compose H n times, for any n (remember that induction does not always start with n=1, you need to choose the first value).
Problem 2: show by induction that the nth derivative of 1/x is (-1)^n n!/x^{n+1} (this is the standard derivative ^ indicates a power).
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Chapter 4
#3(i-ix), 4, 7, 8, 9,13, 14, 17(1,2,5),18(1,2,4) plus three problems from class: prove the formula for the line that goes through two points and prove that mn = -1 if lines are perpendicular. Also prove using the \epsilon-\delta definition that the limit as x goes to zero of \sqrt(x)\sin(1/x) is zero (\sqrt is the square root in LateX).
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Chapter 5
#3i,iii,vi,viii,7,8,9,10abd,12ac,13,17,21
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Chapter 5: 30i,31,34,35,36,37a,38.
Chapter 6: 3,4,7,10
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Chapter 6: 13,14(no need for epsilon-delta with these two),16
Chapter 7: 2i,iii,3,8,9,10,11,12,16a
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Chapter 8: #1,2,5,10,12,13,14
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Chapter 9: #1,3,6,8,10,14,15,17,19,21,23,24,25
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(due after spring break)
Chapter 10: 4,6,10,11,15,16,17,18c,24,28,29
Chapter 12: 2,3,4,5
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Chapter 12: #2,3,4,5,6,8,9,11,21,23
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Chapter 12: #16,17,18,26
Chapter 11: #28,30,35,36,43
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Chapter 13 (due April 26)
Prove theorem 6 in chapter 13. Also, problems #5,6,7(i-vi),9,11abc,12,13,20 **********************************************
Chapter 13: #23,29
Chapter 14: #4,5,6,8,9,12abc,18,19
Chapter 18: #1i(with n exponents instead of 3),vi,12,24,28b (hint: find a function f with that property -remember this is the exponential chapter- and show that the quotient of two such functions is constant so any other function with that property is a multiple of the one you found!)
Chapter 19: #14,15,22,24
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