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MTA
1. N denotes the set of all positive integers.
2. Z denotes the set of all integers.
3. Q denotes the set of all rational numbers.
4. R denotes the set of all real numbers.
5. C denotes the set of all complex numbers.
Z ∞
2
1. Show that lim p(N ) e−x dx = 0 for all polynomial p(x) in R[x].
N →∞ N
2. Let H and K be complex Hilbert spaces. Suppose {Tn }n∈N is a sequence of bounded
linear operators from H to K satisfying the following condition:
For every ξ ∈ H and for every η ∈ K, the sequence {⟨Tn ξ, η⟩κ }n∈N of complex numbers
is Cauchy.
(a) Show that supn∈N ∥Tn ∥ < ∞.
(b) Show that there exists a bounded linear operator T : H → K such that
⟨T ξ, η⟩K = lim ⟨Tn ξ, η⟩K for every ξ ∈ H, η ∈ K.
n→∞
3. Let Ω be an open subset of C. Suppose f is a meromorphic function on Ω having
exactly one zero at z0 and exactly one pole at z1 . Further, m is the order of zero at z0
and n is the order of the pole at z1 . If g : Ω → C is analytic and D is an open disc with
center a and radius r such that z0 , z1 ∈ D and D̄ ⊂ Ω, then show that
Z ′
1 f (z)
g(z)dz = mg (z0 ) − ng (z1 )
2πi γ f (z)
where γ(t) = a + re2πit for 0 ≤ t ≤ 1.
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4. Let z1 , . . . , zn ∈ C such that |zj | = 1 for all j = 1, . . . , n. Consider the function
f : C −→ C defined by
f (w) = (w − z1 ) · · · (w − zn ) for all w ∈ C
Prove that the set {|f (w)| : |w| = 1} contains the interval [0, 1].
5. Let {An }n∈N be a sequence of Borel measurable subsets of [0, 1] satisfying
T λ (An ) = 1
for all n (where λ denotes the Lebesgue measure on [0, 1] ). Prove that An is dense
n∈N
in [0, 1].
6. Let p ∈ [1, ∞). Consider the vector space
( )
X
ℓp = f :N→C: |f (k)|p < ∞
k∈N
" # p1
X
with the usual norm ∥f ∥p = |f (k)|p for f ∈ ℓp . Suppose ∥ · ∥ is another norm on
k∈N
ℓp with the following properties:
(i) (ℓp , ∥ · ∥) is complete;
(ii) If a sequence {fn }n converges to f in (ℓp , ∥ · ∥), then lim fn (k) = f (k) for all k ∈ N.
n→∞
Prove that ∥ · ∥ is equivalent to ∥ · ∥p .
7. Let {fn }n∈N be a sequence of continuous functions from Rd to R, d ≥ 1. Suppose
there exist M1 , M∞ > 0 and c ∈ R satisfying the following conditions:
(i) ∥fn ∥1 ≤ M1 and ∥fn ∥∞ ≤ M∞ for all n ∈ N, and
(ii) lim fn (x) = c for all x ∈ Rd
n→∞
Prove that c =Z0.
( Here ∥g∥1 = |g(x)|dx and ∥g∥∞ = supx∈Rd |g(x)|.)
Rd
8. Let f : [0, 1] → R be a continuous function which is not a polynomial. Suppose
{Pn }n≥1 is a sequence of polynomials (with real coefficients) that converges uniformly
to the function f on [0, 1]. Prove that {degree (Pn ) : n = 1, 2, . . .} is unbounded.
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MTB
1. N denotes the set of all positive integers.
2. Z denotes the set of all integers.
3. Q denotes the set of all rational numbers.
4. R denotes the set of all real numbers.
5. C denotes the set of all complex numbers.
1. Let A, B be linear maps from Rn to Rn and m ∈ N such that
0 ̸= A ̸= idRn , A = A2 , AB = BA and B m = 0. Show that B n−1 = 0.
2. Find the number of distinct group homomorphisms from Z6 to the symmetric group
S5 .
3. For a = (a1 , . . . , an ) ∈ Rn , define
( n
)
X
Sa = (x1 , . . . , xn ) ∈ Rn : aj x2j = 1
j=1
Let F = {a ∈ Rn : Sa is compact }. Identify the set F .
4. Let α be a real root of x3 − 3x − 1 ∈ Q[x].
(a) Show that Q(α) is a degree 3 extension of Q.
(b) Express α4 + 2α3 + 3 ∈ Q(α) in the form of a + bα + cα2 where a, b, c ∈ Q.
(c) Express (α − 1)−1 ∈ Q(α) in the form of a + bα + cα2 where a, b, c ∈ Q.
√ √
5. Let R denote the ring Z[ 5] = {a + b 5 : a, b ∈ Z}.
Z[x]
(a) Show that R is isomorphic to the ring 2 .
(x − 5)
(b) Find all the prime ideals of R containing 6 .
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Z[x, y]
6. Let R denote the ring . Prove that every element of R is either a unit or a
(2, x2 , y 2 )
nilpotent.
7. Let V be a finite dimensional complex inner product space and T : V → V is linear.
(a) Prove that T is normal (that is, T ◦ T ∗ = T ∗ ◦ T ) if and only if ∥T x∥ = ∥T ∗ x∥ for
all x ∈ V .
(b) If T is normal, then show that there exists a linear map U : V → V satisfying
U ◦ U ∗ = idV = U ∗ ◦ U and U ◦ T = T ∗ .
8. Consider Cn as a vector space over C where n > 1. Suppose W1 , W2 are two ( n − 1
)-dimensional complex subspaces of Cn such that W1 ̸= W2 . If Cn has the topology
given by the metric
" n # 12
X
d ((z1 , . . . , zn ) , (w1 , . . . , wn )) = |zj − wj |2
j=1
for (z1 , . . . , zn ) , (w1 , . . . , wn ) ∈ Cn , then show that Cn \ (W1 ∪ W2 ) is path connected.
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