MA 102 (Ordinary Differential Equations)
MA 102 (Ordinary Differential Equations)
IIT Guwahati
1. Rewrite the given scalar equation as a first-order system in normal form. Express the system in the
matrix form X 0 (t) = AX(t) + F (t).
(a) y 00 (t) − 3y 0 (t) − 11y(t) = sin t; (b) y (4) (t) + y(t) = t2 .
2. Prove that the roots of the indicial equation of a constant coefficient linear homogeneous differential
equation of order n are the eigenvalues of an n × n matrix.
3. Determine a largest possible interval on which we are assured that there is a unique solution to the
following initial value problems.
√
0 cos t t tan t 0
(a) X (t) = 3 X(t) + t , X(2) = .
t −1 e 4
2 t
0 t 1 + 3t e −1
(b) X (t) = X(t) + , X(0) = .
1 sin t 0 1
4. The vector functions X1 = [e−t , 2e−t , e−t ]T , X2 = [et , 0, et ]T , X3 = [e3t , −e3t , 2e3t ]T are solutions to
the system X 0 (t) = AX(t). Determine whether they form a fundamental solution set. If they do, find
a fundamental matrix for the system and give a general solution.
5. Suppose that the square matrix A has a negative eigenvalue. Show that the linear system X 0 = AX
has at least one nontrivial solution that satisfies lim X(t) = 0.
t→∞
6. If A = P −1 diag[λj ] P , show that det eA = etrace A . Verify this fact for any 2 × 2 matrix A.
7. Find a fundamental matrix of the linear system X 0 (t) = AX(t) by computing eAt .
2 0 0 −2 0 0
3 1 2 −1
(a) A = , (b) A = , (c) A = 0 2 0 , (d) A = 1 −2 0 .
0 3 1 2
0 0 1 0 1 −2
9. Let X(t) be a nontrivial solution to the system X 0 (t) = AX(t), where A + AT is positive definite. Prove
that |X(t)| is an increasing function of t. (Here, | · | denotes the Euclidean norm.)