Discrete Mathematical Structures - B.Tech 4th Semester Exam., 2016

2016Semester 2Civil-CAEnd Semester
Bihar Engineering University, Patna
B.Tech 4th Semester Exam., 2016

Discrete Mathematical Structures

Time: 03 HoursCode: 211405Full Marks: 70

Instructions:

  1. The marks are indicated in the right-hand margin.
  2. There are NINE questions in this paper.
  3. Attempt FIVE questions in all.
  4. Question No. 1 is compulsory.
Q.1 Choose and write the correct option (any seven):[2x7=14]
  1. Let f and g be the functions defined by \( f(x) = 2x+3 \) and \( g(x) = 3x-2 \) then composition of f and g is

    1. \( 6x+6 \)
    2. \( 5x+5 \)
    3. \( 6x+7 \)
    4. \( 7x+5 \)
  2. Among 200 people, 150 either swim or jog or both. If 85 swim and 60 swim and jog, how many jog?

    1. 125
    2. 225
    3. 85
    4. 25
  3. A graph in which all nodes are of equal degree is known as graph.

    1. complete
    2. multi-
    3. non-regular
    4. regular
  4. The minimum number of spanning trees in a connected graph with n nodes is

    1. \( n-1 \)
    2. \( n/2 \)
    3. 2
    4. 1
  5. If a set contains exactly m distinct elements where m denotes some non-negative integer, then the set is

    1. finite
    2. infinite
    3. None of the above
    4. All of the above
  6. In an unweighted, undirected-connected graph, the shortest path from a node S to every other node is computed most efficiently, in terms of time complexity, by

    1. Dijkstra's algorithm starting from S
    2. Warshall's algorithm
    3. performing a DFS starting from S
    4. performing a BFS starting from S
  7. The negation of 'Today is Friday' is

    1. Today is Saturday
    2. Today is not Friday
    3. Today is Thursday
    4. Today is Sunday
  8. Whether the relation R on the set of all integers is reflexive, symmetric, anti-symmetric, or transitive, where \( (x, y) \in R \) if and only if \( xy \ge 1 \)?

    1. Anti-symmetric
    2. Transitive
    3. Symmetric
    4. Both symmetric and transitive
  9. If \( p = \text{'It is raining'} \) and \( q = \text{'She will go to college'} \), 'It is raining and she will not go to college' will be denoted by

    1. \( p \rightarrow \sim q \)
    2. \( p \wedge q \)
    3. \( \sim p \wedge q \)
    4. \( \sim(p \wedge q) \)
  10. If \( x > 0 \) and \( x^2 < 0 \), then \( x \ge 10 \).

    1. True
    2. False
    3. Both (i) and (ii)
    4. None of the above
Q.2 Solve both questions :[8+6=14]
  1. Define the following terms and give an example for each:
    Reflexive relation, irreflexive relation, antisymmetric relation, partition set

  2. Prove that, if \( S = \{s_1, s_2, \cdots, s_k\} \) be a set, then \( P(S) \) has \( 2^k \) elements.

Q.3 Solve this question :[14]
  1. Define 'group', 'order of a group', and 'Abelian group'. Prove that every subgroup of a cyclic group is cyclic.

Q.4 Solve both questions :[10+4=14]
  1. Define the following with example:
    Ring, homomorphism, cyclic group, coset

  2. Determine whether f is one-one or onto for the following cases:
    (i) Let \( A = B = \{1, 2, 3, 4\} \) and \( f = \{(1, 1), (2, 3), (4, 2)\} \)
    (ii) Let \( A = \{a, b, c\} \), \( B = \{1, 2, 3, 4\} \) and \( f = \{(a, 1), (b, 1), (c, 4)\} \)

Q.5 Solve both questions :[7+7=14]
  1. Suppose H and K are normal subgroups of G with \( H \cap K = \{1\} \). Show that \( xy = yx \) for all \( x \in H \) and \( y \in K \). Let \( I \in R \) be an ideal.

  2. The radical \( \sqrt{I} = \{r \in R | rn \in I, n \in N\} \). Show that \( \sqrt{I} \) is an ideal.

Q.6 Solve both questions :[4+10=14]
  1. State and prove De Morgan's laws of set theory.

  2. In a survey of 260 college students, the following data were obtained: 64 had taken a mathematics course, 94 had taken a computer science course, 58 had taken a business course, 28 had taken both a mathematics and a business course, 26 had taken both a mathematics and a computer science course, 22 had taken both a computer science and a business course, and 14 had taken all three types of courses.
    (i) How many of these students had taken none of the three courses?
    (ii) How many had taken only a computer science course?

Q.7 Solve both questions :[10+4=14]
  1. Prove that for any non-empty binary tree T, if \( n_0 \) is the number of leaves and \( n_2 \) be the number of nodes having degree two, then \( n_0 = n_2 + 1 \).

  2. Derive total number of nodes of a binary tree having depth n.

Q.8 Solve all questions :[4+5+5=14]
  1. What is graph? Differentiate between directed and undirected graph.

  2. How many different ways can you represent a graph? Explain each of the representations by examples. What is complete graph?

  3. Prove that the sum of degrees of all vertices in a graph is always even.

Q.9 Solve both questions :[8+6=14]
  1. Consider the graph given below:
    (a) Find the adjacency list and BFS traversal of the above graph.

    Prove that the maximum number of edges possible in a simple graph of n nodes is \( n(n-1)/2 \).

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