CSIR NET Part C
Counterexample bank
Part C is won by knowing which tempting claims are false. 149 counterexamples; 86 free to read right now. Pick your subject below.
Knowing the claim is false is half of it. The mistakes that cost marks shows the wrong options candidates actually pick, and the reasoning slip behind each one.
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ODE, PDE & Applied Mathematics
“Every IVP has a unique solution”
False — y′ = , y(0) = 0
“A continuous right-hand side gives a unique solution”
False — y′ = , y(0) = 0
“A locally unique solution exists for all time”
“W(f, g) ≡ 0 implies f and g are linearly dependent”
False — |x| on
“Every boundary value problem has a Green's function”
False — on [0,1] with y(0) = y(1) = 0
“Linearisation determines stability at every equilibrium”
False — ẋ , ẏ at the origin
“A first-order quasilinear Cauchy problem with smooth data has a global smooth solution”
False — with u(x, 0) = −x
“A PDE has a single type throughout its domain”
False — The Tricomi equation
“All the classical equations satisfy a maximum principle”
“Newton's method converges quadratically to any root”
False — at the root 0
“Newton's method always converges from any starting point”
“Increasing the number of equally spaced interpolation nodes improves the approximation”
False — Runge's function on [−1, 1]
“A convergent method is stable for any step size”
“A weak minimum of a functional is a strong minimum”
False — dx at y ≡ 0
“Every integral equation of the second kind has a unique solution”
False — tx y(t)dt = eˣ
“Volterra equations have eigenvalues just like Fredholm equations”
“The generalised momentum ̇ always equals mass × velocity”
“The Hamiltonian always equals the total energy”
False — A bead on a wire rotating at forced angular velocity