ODE 2023 Tutorial 1 and 2
ODE 2023 Tutorial 1 and 2
Tutorial Sheet Nos. 1 & 2 Ordinary Differential Equations For 20th & 22nd May, 2023
1. Determine the order and degree of the following differential equations. Also, state whether they are
linear or nonlinear.
( )2
d4 y dy d2 y d2 y dy 12 d2 y
(a) dx 4 + 19 = 11y; (b) dx 2 + x sin y = 0; (c) dx 2 + y sin x = 0; (d) (1 + dx ) = x dx 2;
( )
dx
( )
d6 y d4 y d3 y d3 y 2 d2 y
(e) dx 6 + dx4 dx3
+ y = x; (f ) x3 dx 3 + x dx2 + y = e .
x
2. Eliminating the arbitrary constants c1 , c2 , obtain the differential equation satisfied by the following
functions.
(a) y = c1 e−x + c2 e2x ; (b) x2 + c1 y 2 = 1; (c) y = c1 x − c31 .
3. Consider the equation y ′ (x) = cy(x), 0 < x < ∞, where c is a real constant. Then
(a) Show that if ϕ is any solution and ψ(x) = ϕ(x)e−cx then ψ(x) is a constant.
(b) If c < 0, show that every solution tends to zero as x → ∞.
(c) If c > 0, prove that the magnitude of every non-trivial solution tends to ∞ as x → ∞.
(d) When c = 0, what can be said about the magnitude of the solution?
4. Find a real valued C 1 solutions y(x) of the differential equation xy ′ (x) + y(x) = x, x ∈ (−1, 1).
5. Discuss the existence and uniqueness of a solution of the following initial value problems (IVP) in
the region R : |x| ≤ 1 |y| ≤ 1.
dy dy √
(a) = 3y 2/3 , y(0) = 0; (b) = |y|, y(0) = 0;
dx dx
dy 2 2
(c) = x + y , y(0) = 0.
dx
6. Show that the equation |y ′ (x)| + |y(x)| + 1 = 0 has no real solutions.
9. Are the following equations exact? If exact, obtain the general solution.
(a) (2xy − sec2 x)dx + (x2 + 2y)dy = 0. (b) (x − 2xy + ey )dx + (y − x2 + xey )dy = 0.
11. Show that if (Nx − My )/(xM − yN ) = g(xy) then the (∫equation )M (x, y)dx + N (x, y)dy = 0 has an
integrating factor of the form µ(xy), where µ(u) = exp g(u)du .
12. Justify that the equation y(2x2 y 3 + 3)dx + x(x2 y 3 − 1)dy = 0 has an I.F. of the form xa y b for suitable
a, b ∈ R.
dy
13. Given that y1 (x) = x is a solution of = −y 2 + xy + 1, obtain the general solution.
dx
14. Determine the largest interval (a, b) in which the given IVP is certain to have a unique solution:
y′
(a) ex y ′′ −x−3 + 3y = log x, y(1) = 3, y ′ (1) = 2.
(b) (1 − x)y ′′ − 3xy ′ + 3y = sin x, y(0) = 1, y ′ (0) = 1.
(c) x2 y ′′ + 4y = cos x, y(1) = 0, y ′ (1) = −1.
15. If y1 and y2 are linearly independent solutions of xy ′′ + 2y ′ + xex y = 0 and if W (y1 , y2 )(1) = 2, find
the value of W (y1 , y2 )(5).
16. Let p(x), q(x) ∈ C(I). Assume that the functions y1 , y2 ∈ C 2 (I) are solutions of the differential
equations y ′′ + p(x)y ′ + q(x)y = 0 on an open interval I. Prove that (a) if y1 and y2 are zero at the
same point in I, then they cannot be a fundamental set of solutions on that interval; (b) if y1 and
y2 have a common point of inflection x0 in I, then they cannot be a fundamental set of solutions on
that interval unless p(x0 ) = 0 = q(x0 ).
17. Let p(x) and q(x) are continuous on (a, b), and let x0 ∈ (a, b). Let y1 , y2 be solutions to y ′′ + p(x)y ′ +
q(x)y = 0 on (a, b). Then y1 and y2 are linearly dependent on (a, b) iff the vectors [y1 (x0 ), y1′ (x0 )]T
and [y2 (x0 ), y2′ (x0 )]T are linearly dependent.
18. If y = ϕ1 (x) is a particular solution of y ′′ + (sin x)y ′ + 2y = ex and y = ϕ2 (x) is a particular solution
of y ′′ + (sin x)y ′ + 2y = cos(2x), then find a particular solution of y ′′ + (sin x)y ′ + 2y = ex + 2 sin2 x.
19. Find the functions y1 , y2 , and y3 using the Method of Successive Approximations for the differential
dy
equation = y − x + 1, with the initial condition y(0) = 0. Then find the exact solution to this
dx
initial value problem by taking the limit of the sequence of approximations.
show that every IVP has unique solution for −∞ < x < ∞.
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