Find $\displaystyle \int \frac{nx^3+mx^2+px +m}{x^2+1} \;dx$

Find $\displaystyle \int \frac{nx^3+mx^2+nx + p}{1+x^2}\;dx$. Solution involves $\arctan$.

Find $\displaystyle\int \frac{ax^3-ax+b}{1-x^2}\;dx$. Input constant of integration as $C$.

Given that $\displaystyle \int x({ax+b)^{m}} dx=\frac{1}{A}(ax+b)^{m+1}g(x)+C$ for a given integer $A$ and polynomial $g(x)$, find $g(x)$.

$\displaystyle \int \frac{bx+c}{(ax+d)^n} dx=g(x)(ax+d)^{1-n}+C$  for a polynomial $g(x)$. Find $g(x)$.

The derivative of $\displaystyle \frac{ax^2+b}{cx^2+d}$ is $\displaystyle \frac{g(x)}{(cx^2+d)^2}$. Find $g(x)$.

The derivative of  $\displaystyle \frac{ax+b}{\sqrt{cx+d}}$ is $\displaystyle \frac{g(x)}{2(cx+d)^{3/2}}$. Find $g(x)$.

The derivative of $\displaystyle \frac{ax+b}{cx^2+dx+f}$ is $\displaystyle \frac{g(x)}{(cx^2+dx+f)^2}$. Find $g(x)$.

The derivative of $\displaystyle \frac{ax+b}{cx^2+dx+f}$ is $\displaystyle \frac{g(x)}{(cx^2+dx+f)^2}$. Find $g(x)$.

Given two complex numbers, find by inspection the one that is a root of a given quartic real polynomial and hence find the other roots. 

Using a given list of four complex numbers, find by inspection the one that is a root of a given cubic real polynomial and hence find the other roots.

3 Repeated integrals of the form $\int_a^b\;dx\;\int_c^{f(x)}g(x,y)\;dy$ where $g(x,y)$ is a polynomial in $x,\;y$ and $f(x)$ is a degree 0, 1 or 2 polynomial in $x$.

Dividing a cubic polynomial by a linear polynomial. Find quotient and remainder.

Dividing a cubic polynomial by a linear polynomial. Find quotient and remainder.

Differentiation of  polynomials, cos, sin, exp, log functions. Product, quotient and chain rules.

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Factorising polynomials using the highest common factor.

Adapted from 'Factorisation' by Steve Kilgallon.

Questions about complex arithmetic; argument and modulus of complex numbers; complex roots of polynomials; de Moivre's theorem.

Differentiation of  polynomials, cos, sin, exp, log functions. Product, quotient and chain rules.

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Dividing a cubic polynomial by a linear polynomial. Find quotient and remainder.

Practice dividing polynomials using the long division method.

This is the question for week 4 of the MA100 course at the LSE. It looks at material from chapters 7 and 8. The following describes how a polynomial was defined in the question. This may be helpful for anyone who needs to edit this question.

For parts a to c, we used a polynomial defined as m*(x^4 - 2a^2  x^2 + a^4 + b), where the variables "a" and "b" are randomly chosen from a set of reaosnable size, and the variable $m$ is randomly chosen from the set {+1, -1}. We can easily see that this polynomial has stationary points at -a, 0, and a. We introduced the variable "m" so that these stationary points would not always have the same classification. The variable "b" is always positive, and so this ensures that our polynomial does not cross the x-axis. The first and second derivatives; stationary points; the evaluation of the second derivative at the stationary points; the classification of the stationary points; and the axes intercepts can all be easily expressed in terms of the variables "a", "b", and "m". Indeed, this is what we did to mark the student's answers.

This is the question for week 3 of the MA100 course at the LSE. It looks at material from chapters 5 and 6. The following describes how two polynomials were defined in the question. This may be helpful for anyone who needs to edit this question.

In part a we have a polynomial. We wanted it to have two stationary points. To create the polynomial we first created the two stationary points as variables, called StationaryPoint1 and StationaryPoint2 which we will simply write as s1 ans s2 here. s2 was defined to be larger than s1. This means that the derivative of our polynomial must be of the form a(x-s1)(x-s2) for some constant a. The constant "a" is a variable called PolynomialScalarMult, and it is defined to be a multiple of 6 so that when we integrate the derivative a(x-s1)(x-s2) we only have integer coefficients. Its possible values include positive and negative values, so that the first stationary point is not always a max (and the second always a min). Finally, we have a variable called ConstantTerm which is the constant term that we take when we integrate the derivative derivative a(x-s1)(x-s2). Hence, we can now create a randomised polynomial with integers coefficients, for which the stationary points are s1 and s2; namely (the integral of a(x-s1)(x-s2)) plus ConstantTerm.

In part e we created a more complicated polynomial. It is defined as -2x^3 + 3(s1 + s2)x^2 -(6*s1*s2) x + YIntercept on the domain [0,35]. One can easily calculate that the stationary points of this polynomials are s1 and s2. Furthermore, they are chosen so that both are in the domain and so that s1 is smaller than s2. This means that s1 is a min and s2 is a max. Hence, the maximum point of the function will occur either at 0 or s2 (The function is descreasing after s2). Furthermore, one can see that when we evaluate the function at s2 we get (s2)^2 (s2 -3*s1) + YIntercept. In particular, this is larger than YIntercept if s2 > 3 *s1, and smaller otherwise. Possible values of s2 include values which are larger than 3*s1 and values which are smaller than 3*s1. Hence, the max of the function maybe be at 0 or at s2, dependent on s2. This gives the question a good amount of randomisation.

Factorise polynomials by identifying common factors. The first expression has a constant common factor; the rest have common factors involving variables.

Differentiation of  polynomials, cos, sin, exp, log functions. Product, quotient and chain rules.

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Differentiation of  polynomials, cos, sin, exp, log functions. Product, quotient and chain rules.

Missing: Application with bacteria, turning points, difficult chain rule

Three graphs are given with areas underneath them shaded. The student is asked to calculate their areas, using integration.  Q1 has a polynomial. Q2 has exponentials and fractional functions. Q3 requires integration by parts.

Questions about complex arithmetic; argument and modulus of complex numbers; complex roots of polynomials; de Moivre's theorem.

Practice dividing polynomials using the long division method.

Questions about complex arithmetic; argument and modulus of complex numbers; complex roots of polynomials; de Moivre's theorem.

Differentiation of  polynomials, cos, sin, exp, log functions. Product, quotient and chain rules.

Missing: Application with bacteria, turning points, difficult chain rule