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GEOMETRY
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Q 1. Let f (x, y) = x4 + 3x2 y x2 xy + 3y 2 + 2x 3y 5. What is the right claim?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The function has a critical point at the origin;

The function has a local minimum at the origin;
The Taylor polynomial of second degree of f at the origin is x2 xy + 3y 2 + 2x 3y 5;(OK)
The gradient of f at the origin is (0, 1)

Q 2. Let Q be the quadric surface

3x2 2y 2 4z 2 = 0.

What is true?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The surface Q
The surface Q
The surface Q
The surface Q

is a cylinder;
has no common points with the plane z = 1;
is a non degenerated hyperboloid.
is a cone. (OK)

Q 3. Let u, v two non-null orthogonal vectors of R3 . What is the right claim?

(a) (u v) u 6= 0;

(b) the volume of the parallelepiped generated by

u v uv
,
,
|u| |v| |u v|


is 1 (OK),

(c) |u v| =
6 |u| |v|;
(d) The area of the parallelogram spanned by |u|/|u| and |v|/|v| is not 1.
Q 4. Let f (x, y, z) = 3z 2 y5zy 2 3xyzz 3 +y 3 ; and consider the surface Sf having equation f (x, y, z) =
0.
Which among the following claims is true?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Sf is a rotation surface around the z-axis;

Sf is a cone; (OK)
All the points of the function f are regular;
Sf is a regular surface.

Q 5. Let (t) = (t2 + et + e2t , t + et , e2t 1) a curve in the three-dimensional space.

What is true?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The curve is not differentiable;

The curve is differentiable but not regular ;
The curve is contained in the plane x y + 12z 3 = 0;
The tangent line to the curve at t = 0 is parallel to (3, 2, 2);(OK)



1 1
Q 6. Let A =
and b = (2, 3) .
1 1
Find the correct statement.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The linear system Ax = b has at least one solution.

The vector b belongs to the image of A thought of as endomorphism of R2 .(OK)
The matrix A is not diagonalizable.
The vector (1, 0) does not belong to the pre-image of b (OK)

Q 7. Let r : x y = 2x + y + z 1 = 0 and s : 3x y + 2z = 4x + 2y + 2z 2 = 0. What is the right

claim?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The lines are skew;

the lines are orthogonal.
The lines are parallel;
the lines do intersect (OK)

Q 8. Let be the plane passing through the point A(2, 1, 3) and orthogonal to the vector ~ +~ + ~k. Say
what is the right claim among the following:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The origin O(0, 0, 0) does not belong to ;

The line r given by (x, y, z) = (t, 0, t) is orthogonal to ;
is parallel to some plane containing the line (t, t, t);
The line s having equations x y z = 2x + y = 0 intersects .(OK)

Q 9. Let f (x, y, z) = 3z 2 y5zy 2 3xyzz 3 +y 3 ; and consider the surface Sf having equation f (x, y, z) =
0.
Which among the following claims is true?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Sf is a hyperboloid;
Sf contains lines; (OK)
The function f has no critical points;
Sf is a regular surface.

Q 10. Let D be the domain of the function f (x, y) = log(y x2 ). What is the right claim?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

D is compact;
D is closed
D does not contain all of its accumulation points; (OK)
D is bounded.

2 0 2
Q 11. Let A = 0 2 2 .
0 0 2
Find the correct statement.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The matrix A has three distincts eigenvalues .

The matrix A possesses an eigenspace of dimension 2 (OK)
The matrix A can be diagonalized.
The determinant of A is 2.

Q 12. Let V be the subset of R4 defined by V := R4

z
t
What is true?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The subset V
The subset V
The subset V
The subset V


 2x + y + 3z = 0

 4x + 2y + 6z = 0

 6x + 3y + 9z = 0

is not the kernel of a linear map R4 R3 ;

is the image of a linear map R4 R3
is a 2-dimensional subspace of R3 .
is a 3-dimensional subspace of R4 ; (OK)

Q 13. Let f (x, y, z) = 3z 2 + 2z 2 y 5x3 2x 3y z and consider the surface Sf having equation
f (x, y, z) = 0.
Which among the following claim is true?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Sf
Sf
Sf
Sf

is a quadric;
possesses non-regular points;
is regular at the origin and 2x + 3y + z = 0 is its tangent plane;(OK)
is a cone with vertex at the origin.

Q 14. Let Q be the quadric

3x2 + 6y 2 3z 2 + 6x 4y 2z = 0.

What among the following claim is true?

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The quadric is degenerated;

The quadric is a ellipsoid;
The quadric is a cone.
The tangent plane to Q at the origin is 3x 2y z = 0. (OK)

Q 15. Given the matrix


A :=

1
2

2
4

establish the correct claim.

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The matrix A is orthogonal;

The matrix A is not dagonalizable;
The integer 5 is an eigenvalue of A;(OK)
The matrix A possess only 1-dimensional eigenspace.

Q 16. Consider the function f (x, y) = 1 + log(1 x2 y 2 ). What is the right claim?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

The tangent plane to the graphic at the point (0, 0, 1) is orthogonal to the x axis;(OK)
It has a local minimum at the origin
it has no critical point;
Has bounded domain.(OK)

Exercise 1. Let f : R2 R2 defined by:

  

x
2x + 2y
f
=
y
2x + 5y
(i) Find a matrix Mf associated to f with respect to some basis of R2 ;
(ii) Prove that (1, 1)T is an eigenvector of f ;
(iii) Determine the eigenvalues of Mf and shows that Mf is diagonalizable;
(iv) Are the eigenspaces orthogonal? Why?

Exercise 2. Given the function

f (x, y) = 2y 3 x2 xy
let Sf be the graph surface of f , defined by the equation F (x, y, z) = 0 con F (x, y, z) := f (x, y) z.
(i) Prove that (1, 1, 0) Sf .
(ii) Determine the tangent plane to Sf at the point (1, 1, 0) Sf ;
(iii) Check that the origin of R2 is a stationary point of f and determine its nature (maximum, minimum,saddle).
(iv) Write equations for the orthogonal line to Sf passing through (1, 0, 0) Sf .