2021 Assignment 2
2021 Assignment 2
1. Consider the first-order homogeneous system of linear equations with constant coefficients
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2. Find the general solution of the following ODEs:
(a) y 00 + 2y 0 = 0. Ans: y = c 1 + c 2e −2x .
(b) y 00 − 2ay 0 + a 2y = 0. Ans: y = (c 1 + c 2x)e ax .
(c) y 000 + y 00 − 6y 0 = 0. Ans: y = c 1 + c 2e 2x + c 3e −3x .
(d) y 000 − 6y 00 + 12y 0 − 8y = 0. Ans: y = (c 1 + c 2x + c 3x 2 )e 2x .
(e) y 00 − 2y 0 + 5y = 0. Ans: y = e x c 1 cos(2x) + c 2 sin(2x) .
√ √
y 000 + 8y = 0. Ans: y = c 1e −2x + e x c 2 cos( 3 x) + c 3 sin( 3 x) .
(f)
√ √
(g) y (4) + 4y 00 + 4y = 0. Ans: y = (c 1 + c 2x) cos( 2 x) + (c 3 + c 4x) sin( 2 x).
3. Show that y1 (x) = sin x − 13 sin(3x) and y2 (x) = sin3 x are solutions of the ODE
x 2y 00 + (tan x − 2 cot x)y 0 = 0 but z(x) = c 1y1 (x) + c 2y2 (x) is not the general solution
of the ODE.
4. Solve the following Euler-Cauchy equations:
(a) x 2y 00 + 2xy 0 − 12y = 0. Ans: y = c 1x 3 + c 2x −4 .
(b) 2x 2y 00 + 10xy 0 + 8y = 0. Ans: y = x −2 (c 1 + c 2 log x).
(c) x 2y 00 + 3xy 0 + 10y = 0. Ans: y = x −1 c 1 cos(3 log x) + c 2 sin(3 log x) .
6. Reduce each of the following ODEs to one with constant coefficients, and then find the
general solution.
(a) x 2 (x + 1)y 00 + xy 0 + (x + 1)3y = 0. Ans: y = c 1 cos(x + log x) + c 2 sin(x + log x).
2 √ √
(b) x 2y 00 + (x 2 − 1)y 0 + x 3y = 0. Ans: y = e −x /4 c 1 cos( 3 x 2 /4) + c 2 sin( 3 x 2 /4) .
7. Using the variation of parameters method, find the general solution of the following ODEs:
8. If y1 and y2 are two solutions of a second order linear homogeneous ordinary differen-
tial equation which has been defined in an interval (a, b) ⊂ R, then W (y1, y2 ) is either
identically zero or non zero at any point of the interval (a, b).
9. Given one solution y1 (x) of the ODE, find its general solution.
(a) x 2y 00 − xy 0 + y = 0; y1 (x) = x. Ans: y = x(c 1 + c 2 log x).
(b) x 2y 00 + xy 0 − 4y = 0; y1 (x) = x 2 . Ans: y = c 1x 2 + c 2x −2 .
(c) x 2y 00 + xy 0 + (x 2 − 1/4)y = 0; y1 (x) = x −1/2 sin x.
Ans: y = x −1/2 (c 1 cos x + c 2 sin x).
(d) (1 − x 2 )y 00 − 2xy 0 + 2y = 0; y1 (x) = x.
Ans: y = c 1x + c 2 x log(1 + x) − log(1 − x) − 2 .
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10. Solve the following equations by the method of undetermined coefficients:
(a) y 00 + 4y = sin 3x. Ans: A cos 2x + B sin 2x − 51 sin 3x .
(b) y 00 + 3y 0 = 28 cosh 4x. Ans: c 1e −3x + c 2 + 12 e 4x + 72 e −4x .
(c) y 00 + 2y 0 + 10y = 25x 2 + 3. Ans: e −x (A cos 3x + B sin 3x) + 52 x 2 − x.
(d) y 00 + y 0 − 6y = −6x 3 + 3x 2 + 6x. Ans: c 1e −3x + c 2e 2x + x 3 .
(e) y + 2y − 35y = 12e + 37 sin 5x.
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