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    Berkeley preliminary exam Fall 1986

    SRC-BERKELEY-PRELIM-FALL-1986

    Area
    Prelim
    Status
    draft
    Source

    20 problems.

    1. Sequences showing each Arzelà–Ascoli hypothesis is needed
    2. Three unit complex numbers with zero sum form an equilateral triangle
    3. Integral of \(x^3-3xy^2\) over the region between two circles
    4. Roots of \(z^5-6z+3\): distinct, exactly three real — Fall 1986 Problem 4; repeated exactly as Fall 2013 Problem 4A
    5. Jordan form of \(X\mapsto XA-AX\) for a nilpotent \(2\times2\) matrix \(A\)
    6. Decay of solutions of \(f'+qf=0\) versus \(f'+pf=0\) when \(|q|\le|p|\)
    7. Quadratic extensions of \(\mathbb Q\) are \(\mathbb Q(\sqrt m)\) for a unique squarefree \(m\)
    8. A continuous function with nonnegative upper right Dini derivative is nondecreasing
    9. The integral \(\int_0^\infty \frac{\log x}{(x^2+1)(x^2+4)}\,dx\)
    10. Solutions of \(\Delta^n f=0\) are polynomials with period-one coefficients
    11. Row rank equals column rank
    12. Shrinking an open cover of \(\mathbb R^n\) to one meeting each compact set finitely often
    13. Points of differentiability of \(x^{4/3}\sin(y/x)\)
    14. Orthogonal unit vectors in \(\mathbb R^3\) with prescribed third coordinates
    15. Irreducibility of \((x^p-1)/(x-1)\) over \(\QQ\) — Fall 1986 Problem 15; irreducibility of the $p$th cyclotomic polynomial over $\mathbb{Q}$
    16. Existence and uniqueness for \((e^x\sin y)(y')^3+(e^x\cos y)y'+e^y\tan x=0\), \(y(0)=0\)
    17. A subgroup of \(S_5\) containing a \(5\)-cycle and a transposition is \(S_5\)
    18. The contour integral \(\frac{1}{2\pi i}\oint_{|z|=1}\frac{z^{11}}{12z^{12}-4z^9+2z^6-4z^3+1}\,dz\)
    19. Six people include three mutual friends or three mutual strangers
    20. If \(f(x)+\int_0^x f\) converges then \(f(x)\to0\)