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gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:1
A linear map on R³ has rank 2. Find its nullity and explain what this means.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Nullity 1 by rank-nullity. Its kernel is a one-dimensional subspace.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:2
Evaluate the counterclockwise integral of 4/(z+1) on |z+1|=2.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
8πi: one enclosed simple pole at −1 has residue 4.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:3
Solve y′=−2y with y(0)=5 and verify the result by differentiation.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
y=5e^(−2t); derivative is −10e^(−2t)=−2y and initial value is 5.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:4
In Z/24Z under addition, find the order of 9 and list the subgroup it generates. How many cosets does it have?
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
The order is 24/gcd(9,24)=8. The subgroup is {0,3,6,9,12,15,18,21}; it has index 24/8=3.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:5
The additive map Z/15Z to Z/15Z sends x to 5x. Find its kernel and image and explain why the quotient by the kernel is not the entire codomain.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
The kernel is {0,3,6,9,12}, the image is {0,5,10}, and the quotient has three elements. The codomain has fifteen elements; the map is not onto.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:6
In Z/9Z, list the units and nonzero zero divisors. Explain why the ring is not a field despite having an identity.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Units are 1,2,4,5,7,8. Nonzero zero divisors are 3 and 6. Since 3·3=0 modulo 9 and 3 has no inverse, not every nonzero element is a unit.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:7
Compare 2Z as a submodule of the Z-module Z with 2Z as a proposed subspace of Q. Give a scalar action that distinguishes them.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
2Z is closed under integer scaling and addition, so it is a Z-submodule. It is not a Q-vector subspace because rational scalar 1/2 sends 2 to 1, which is not in 2Z.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:8
Decide whether x²+1 is irreducible over Q, R and F2, explaining each change of coefficient field.
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Over Q and R it has no root and is an irreducible quadratic. Over F2 it is (x+1)² and is reducible. The real field differs from the complex field, over which it splits.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:9
A finite field extension L/K has degree 10. Can an element of L have minimal polynomial of degree 3 over K?
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
No. The intermediate field K(alpha) would have degree 3, and the tower law would require 3 to divide 10.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:10
Solve 8x≡4 modulo 12, listing every residue solution in the range 0 through 11.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
gcd(8,12)=4, so reduction gives 2x≡1 modulo 3. Thus x≡2 modulo 3 and the four original residues are 2,5,8,11.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:11
Find the least nonnegative solution to x≡3 modulo 5 and x≡4 modulo 7. State the modulus of uniqueness.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Write x=3+5k; 5k≡1 modulo 7 gives k≡3. Therefore x≡18 modulo 35; 18 is the least nonnegative solution.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:12
Determine whether f_n(x)=x/n converges uniformly to zero on [0,2] and on R.
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On [0,2], the supremum error is 2/n, so convergence is uniform. At each fixed real x the limit is still zero, but on R the error is unbounded for every n, so convergence is not uniform there.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:13
Use the Weierstrass M-test to decide uniform convergence of sum sin(nx)/n² on R. Explain why replacing n² by n defeats this argument.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Each absolute term is at most 1/n² and that numerical series converges, so the function series converges uniformly and absolutely. The bound 1/n has a divergent sum, making this M-test inconclusive; that failure alone is not a proof of divergence.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:14
Find the interior, closure and boundary of the rationals Q as a subset of R.
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The interior is empty because every interval contains irrational points; the closure is R because rationals are dense. Thus the boundary is all of R.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:15
In the space X=(0,1), consider the whole set X. Is it relatively closed and relatively open? Is it compact in its usual metric?
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The whole space is both open and closed relative to itself. It is not compact; the sequence 1/n for n≥2 has no subsequence converging to a point in X. Relative closedness alone does not provide Euclidean closedness in R.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:16
Find the radius and complete real interval of convergence of sum x^n/(n·2^n), n≥1.
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Radius 2. At −2 the alternating harmonic series converges, while at 2 the harmonic series diverges; the interval is [−2,2).
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:17
Give the degree-three Maclaurin polynomial for sin x and an absolute error bound for |x|≤0.2 using a degree-three Taylor remainder.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
The polynomial is x−x³/6. The fourth derivative is sin x and has absolute value at most 1, so the Lagrange bound is |x|⁴/24≤0.000066667. A sharper bound is possible, but is not needed to justify this one.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:18
Determine whether the integral of 1/x² from −1 to 1 exists as an ordinary improper integral or as a finite symmetric principal value.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Both fail. The integral diverges positively on each side of zero; symmetric cutoffs give 2/epsilon−2, which tends to infinity rather than cancelling.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:19
Rotate the region between y=2 and y=x on 0≤x≤2 around the x-axis. Find its volume using washers.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Outer radius 2 and inner radius x give V=π integral 0..2 (4−x²) dx=π(8−8/3)=16π/3.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:20
Classify the origin for f=x²+4xy+y² and g=x⁴+y⁴, explaining which Hessian test is decisive.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
For f, f_xx=f_yy=2 and f_xy=4, so D=4−16=−12; it is a saddle. For g the Hessian test is inconclusive, but g≥0 with equality only at the origin proves a strict global minimum.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:21
Find the maximum and minimum of x+y on x²+y²=8, stating the points where they occur.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
(x+y)²≤2(x²+y²)=16, so the range is [−4,4]. Maximum 4 occurs at (2,2), minimum −4 at (−2,−2). The compact circle ensures extrema are attained.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:22
Use the divergence theorem to compute the outward flux of F=(x,2y,3z) through the unit cube 0≤x,y,z≤1.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
div F=1+2+3=6. The closed cube has volume 1, so total outward flux is 6. Opposite face orientations must be respected in a direct calculation.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:23
Evaluate the clockwise unit-circle circulation of F=(−y,x). Explain why Green's theorem cannot be applied over the full disk to F=(−y/(x²+y²),x/(x²+y²)).
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
For the first field, counterclockwise circulation is 2π; clockwise is −2π. The second field is undefined at the origin and lacks the smoothness hypothesis on the full disk, even though its curl vanishes away from zero.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:24
For f(x)=3x−4 on R, find its inverse and decide whether f is an involution.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
The inverse is (y+4)/3. It is not an involution: f(f(x))=9x−16 is not identically x.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:25
Let g(x)=2/x on R excluding zero. Verify the inverse composition and evaluate g⁹(4).
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
g(g(x))=2/(2/x)=x with every input nonzero. Odd iterates equal g, so g⁹(4)=1/2.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:26
Give a function and disjoint nonempty input sets whose images intersect. State a condition on the function that rules this out.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Use f(x)=x², A={−3}, B={3}; both images are {9}. Injectivity ensures equal outputs require equal inputs, so disjoint input sets then have disjoint images.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:27
Negate the claim that every integer has an integer strictly larger than it. Distinguish the negation from a counterexample to the original claim.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
The negation is: there exists an integer x such that every integer y satisfies y≤x. The original is true because y=x+1 is always an integer; its negation is false, and no counterexample to the original exists.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:28
P(A)=0.6, P(B)=0.4 and P(A∩B)=0.24. Find both conditional probabilities and test independence.
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P(A|B)=0.6; P(B|A)=0.4. The joint probability is the product 0.6·0.4, so the events are independent.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:29
A sample mean has standard error 4 at n=9 for iid observations. How large must n be to reduce standard error to 1?
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Population standard deviation is 4√9=12. Solve 12/√n=1 to obtain n=144; a fourfold precision gain needs sixteen times as many observations.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:30
A similar model uses 80% of every original length. Find the area and volume decreases as percentages.
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Length factor 0.8 gives area factor 0.64 and volume factor 0.512. The decreases are 36% and 48.8%, respectively.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:31
Foci are (−5,0),(5,0). Classify the locus r_left+r_right=14 and the locus r_left−r_right=−6; specify any branch.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
The first is an ellipse with a=7,c=5,b²=49−25=24: x²/49+y²/24=1. The second is a hyperbola x²/9−y²/16=1 restricted to x≤−3, because the signed difference is negative.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:32
For y=3 cos(4x−π), give the amplitude, period and horizontal shift. Find one maximum location.
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Amplitude 3; period π/2; right shift π/4. One maximum is x=π/4, where the argument is zero.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:33
For x=t,y=t² with t in [−1,1], give the traced set, direction and slope at t=−1/2.
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Only the parabola segment y=x², −1≤x≤1, is traced. It moves from (−1,1) through (0,0) to (1,1). The slope is 2t, hence −1 at t=−1/2.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:34
Find the projection of (2,1) onto the line spanned by (1,1), and verify its remainder is orthogonal.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Coefficient is (2+1)/(1+1)=3/2, so projection is (3/2,3/2). Remainder (1/2,−1/2) has dot product zero with (1,1).
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:35
Compute signed and unsigned volumes for edges (1,0,0),(0,2,0),(0,0,3). What changes if the last two edges are exchanged?
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
The scalar triple product is 6 and volume is 6. Exchanging the last two edges changes the signed result to −6, while geometric volume remains 6.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:36
Solve y′+2y=6 with y(0)=1 and check the equation.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Integrating factor e^(2x) gives y=3+C e^(−2x); C=−2, so y=3−2e^(−2x). Its derivative is 4e^(−2x), and y′+2y=6.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:37
Give the general solution of y″−2y′+y=e^x, including the resonant particular term.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
The repeated characteristic root is 1, giving (C₁+C₂x)e^x. A particular solution is x²e^x/2, because (D−1)²(e^x z)=e^x z″ and z″=1. Add both contributions.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:38
Count allocations of 10 identical tokens to 3 named boxes when the first gets at least 2 and the others may be empty.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Subtract the first-box lower bound 2. There are 8 remaining stars and 2 bars, so C(10,2)=45 allocations.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:39
Explain why S=m² is preserved when S increases by B and then B increases by 2, starting S=0,B=1. Give the state after four iterations.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Before an iteration B=2m+1. Updating S gives m²+2m+1=(m+1)², then B becomes 2(m+1)+1. After four iterations S=16,B=9; B is the next addend, not the last one.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:40
For x=u+2v,y=3u+v, compute v_x and u_y.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
J=[[1,2],[3,1]] has determinant −5; inverse is [[−1/5,2/5],[3/5,−1/5]]. Therefore v_x=3/5 and u_y=2/5.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:41
Why does the map (u,v)↦(u³,v) contradict the claim that zero Jacobian determinant means no inverse exists?
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
It is bijective on R² with inverse (x,y)↦(real cube root of x,y). Its determinant 3u² vanishes at u=0, where the inverse fails to be differentiable. Nonzero determinant is a sufficient differentiable-local-inverse condition, not a necessary condition for mere invertibility.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:42
For L=[[1,0],[2,1]], U=[[3,1],[0,2]], b=(7,20), solve LUx=b.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Forward y₁=7,y₂=20−14=6. Backward x₂=3,x₁=(7−3)/3=4/3. Verify Ux=(7,6) and Ly=(7,20).
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:43
Maps A,B:R⁵→R⁵ have nullities 3 and 1, respectively. Find bounds on nullity AB and explain why it cannot be 1.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Rank B=4. The intersection of im B (dimension 4) with ker A (dimension 3) has dimension at least 4+3−5=2 and at most 3. Therefore nullity AB ranges from 1+2=3 to 1+3=4; the ambient dimension forces overlap.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:44
Reverse and evaluate ∫₀¹∫ₓ¹ e^(2y)dy dx.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Region 0≤x≤y≤1 gives ∫₀¹y e^(2y)dy. Integration by parts gives [y e^(2y)/2−e^(2y)/4]₀¹=(e²+1)/4. The factor y comes from the inner x-interval length.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:45
Evaluate ∫₀^π sin(8x)/sin x dx and justify treatment of both endpoints.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Reflection x↦π−x reverses the integrand sign. The endpoint limits are 8 and −8, so singularities are removable and the integral is 0.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:46
A sphere has R=2, depth h=1 increasing at 1/2 per time unit. Find the signed volume rate.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Current section area is π(4−1)=3π, so signed dV/dt=3π/2, positive for filling.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:47
For f(x)=sin(4x),g(x)=5x, give limits of f/g and (f²−f)/(2g−g³) as x→0.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
The first is f′(0)/g′(0)=4/5. The second is −f′(0)/(2g′(0))=−2/5 after factoring, with all nearby denominators checked.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:48
In the divisor basis on integers at least 2, compute closure of {12} and test membership of 6 and 36.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Closure is {12,24,36,…}. The point 36 belongs; 6 does not, because U_6 excludes 12.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:49
For d(x,y)=|x³−y³| on R, is x_n equal to the cube root of n a Cauchy sequence? Explain using the image.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
No. Its image is n, not a Cauchy sequence in ordinary R. The space is complete, but completeness does not make every sequence Cauchy.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:50
Find the residue of e^(2z)/(z−1)³ at z=1 and its positively oriented integral around a circle centred at 1 containing no other singularity.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
For a triple pole, residue is g″(1)/2!=4e²/2=2e². The contour integral is 2πi times the residue, or 4πi e².
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:51
Count conjugacy classes in S5 by listing the partitions of 5.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
The partitions are 5, 4+1, 3+2, 3+1+1, 2+2+1, 2+1+1+1 and 1+1+1+1+1. There are seven classes. Orders alone do not distinguish every type.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:52
In a general ring where every element is idempotent, prove 2a=0 without assuming that distinct elements commute.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Apply idempotence to a+a: (a+a)²=a+a. Expanding gives 4a²=2a; since a²=a, subtract 2a to obtain 2a=0. Only distributivity and additive-ring operations were used.
gre_mathematics:mixed-revision:53
Primitive eighth roots are the roots of x⁴+1. Find their sum and product, and justify why these roots have exact order eight.
Answer and reasoning · Respuesta y razonamiento
Their fourth power is −1, so their eighth power is 1 and their order cannot divide 4. The divisors of 8 are 1,2,4,8, so their order is 8. Vieta gives sum 0 and product 1.