Various useful NTU-specific (La)TeX sources and templates: this is a template for an undergraduate final exams in LaTeX.
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SEMESTER \semester\ EXAMINATION \academicyear
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{\bf \masunitnumber\ -- \coursename}
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\noindent \examdate\hspace{55truemm} TIME ALLOWED: \numberofhours\ HOURS
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\noindent\underline{INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES}
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\item This examination paper contains {\bf FIVE (5)} questions and comprises
{\bf FOUR (4)} printed pages.
\item Answer all questions.
The marks for each question are indicated at the beginning of each question.
\item Answer each question beginning on a {\bf FRESH} page of the answer book.
\item This {\bf IS NOT an OPEN BOOK} exam.
\item Candidates may use calculators. However, they should write down systematically the steps in the workings.
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\paragraph{Question 1.}\hfill (20 marks)\\
\begin{enumerate}[(i)]
\item Write a function \verb|func1| that takes as input a list of
3 numbers $[a_2, a_1, a_0]$ and returns the polynomial $a_2 x^2 + a_1 x
+ a_0$ which has these numbers as coefficients.\\
For example, \verb|func1([1, 2, 3])| should
return \verb|x^2 + 2*x + 3|.
\item Write a function \verb|func2| which accepts a list $[a_{n-1},
a_{n-2}, \dots, a_1, a_0]$ for any length $n$, and a number $k\geq 0$
and returns the $k$-th derivative of the
polynomial $a_{n-1} x^{n-1} + a_{n-2} x^{n-2} + \cdots
+ a_1 x + a_0.$
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\paragraph{Question 2.}\hfill (20 marks)\\
Carol wants to compute the Taylor series of a function $f(x)$ around the
point $x=1$, up to the $n$-th term. The first term is clearly the value
$f(1)$.
Carol implemented a function \verb|get_taylor_coeff| to compute the
Taylor coefficients. But this function is giving incorrect answers. Find
the error(s) in the function and correct the error(s).
\begin{verbatim}
# Get the taylor coefficients of the function f(x) upto the
# k-th term around the point x0.
# For k=1, it should return [f(x0)].
def get_taylor_coeff(f, x0, k):
coeffs = []
for i in srange(1, k):
t(x) = f.derivative(x, i)
coeffs.append(t(i))
return coeffs
# Example usage of get_taylor_coeff
f(x) = x^20 - x^4 + 1
get_taylor_coeff(f, 1, 3)
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\paragraph{Question 3.}\hfill (20 marks)\\
Consider the following interpolation problem. Let
$$p(x) = a_{n-1} x^{n-1} + a_{n-2} x^{n-2}
+ \cdots + a_1 x + a_0$$ be a polynomial. The graph of the corresponding
function $x\mapsto p(x)$ passes through the
points $(x_0, y_0), (x_1, y_1), \dots, (x_{n-1}, y_{n-1})$.
\noindent Adam wrote the following Sage code to return the list $[a_{n-1},\dots,a_0]$
of coefficients of the polynomial $p(x)$.
Here, \verb|ylist| is the list $[y_0, y_1, \dots, y_{n-1}]$ and
\verb|xlist| is the list $[x_0, x_1, \dots, x_{n-1}]$.
\begin{verbatim}
def get_coeff(xlist, ylist):
n = len(xlist)
def f(i, j):
return xlist[i]^j
M = matrix(RDF, n, n, f)
yvec = vector(RDF, ylist)
return M.solve_right(yvec)
\end{verbatim}
\begin{enumerate}[(i)]
\item Adam is getting an incorrect answer from \verb|get_coeff| when he
is trying to get the coefficients of a degree two polynomial which
passes through the points $(1, 5), (2, 10), (3, 17)$. Find the error(s) in
the function \verb|get_coeff| due to which Adam is getting the
incorrect answer. Give the corrections.
\item Is there any degree 2 polynomial $p(x)$ for which the
\emph{incorrect} function \verb|get_coeff| would still give a correct
solution? If so, then give an example of such a polynomial. If such
a polynomial cannot be obtained, explain why this is the case.
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\paragraph{Question 4.}\hfill (20 marks)\\
Eve decided to compute a certain function using recursion. The function Eve
wrote is the following:
\begin{verbatim}
def compute(a, b):
if a < 0 or b < 0 or a < b:
return 0
if b == 0:
return 1
return a*compute(a-1, b-1)/b
\end{verbatim}
\begin{enumerate}[(i)]
\item What mathematical function is Eve's function \verb|compute()|
evaluating?
\item Write a non-recursive version of Eve's function \verb|compute()|.
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\paragraph{Question 5.}\hfill (20 marks)\\
Let $\pi$ be a permutation of the set $I=\{0,\dots,n-1\}$. The {\em orbits} of
$\pi$ on $I$ are the equivalence classes of the binary relation $\equiv_{\pi}$ on
$I$, so that $x\equiv_{\pi} y$ if and only if there exist $i\geq 0$ such that
$\pi^i(x)=y$. Here $\pi^i$ denotes the $i$-th iteration of $\pi$, i.e.
$\pi^0(x)=x$,
$\pi^1(x)=\pi(x)$, $\pi^2(x)=\pi(\pi(x))$, etc. Write a Sage function that
takes $\pi$ as a list of length $n$ of numbers in $I$ and returns the list of
lengths of the orbits of $\pi$ on $I$.
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