homework 4
homework 4
homework 4
October 7, 2024
Homework Overview
This homework set covers the following topics:
• General ideas and Theorems
• Second-order linear ODEs: the homogeneous cases
Review Chapters
To successfully complete this problem set, it is recommended to review the following chapters
from the textbook:
We have covered these chapters in our Monday and Wednesday sessions, and they will
provide essential guidance for solving the homework problems.
Deadline
Monday, October 14th
Exercises:
4. Homework 4
1
Exercise 4.2 (2.1.5).
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1. Show that y1 (t) = t and y2 (t) = 1/t are solutions of the differential equation
Exercise 4.3 (2.1.7). Compute the Wronskian of the following pairs of functions.
1. sin(at), cos(bt)
2. sin2 (t), 1 − cos(2t)
3. eat , ebt
4. eat , teat
5. t, t ln(t)
6. eat sin(bt), eat cos(bt)
Exercise 4.5 (2.2.9). Let y(t) be the solution of the initial value problem
′′ ′
y + 5y + 6y = 0;
y(0) = 1,
′
y (0) = V.
2
For what values of V does y(t) remain nonnegative for all t ≥ 0?
y ′′ + 2y ′ + 3y = 0.
Exercise 4.9 (2.2.2.9). Here is an alternate and very elegant way of finding a second
solution y2 (t) of
ay ′′ + by ′ + cy = 0
when
ar2 + br + c = 0
has a double root.
1. Assume that b2 = 4ac. Show that
b
L[ert ] = a(ert )′′ + b(ert )′ + cert = a(r − r1 )2 ert for r1 = − .
2a
2. Show that
∂ rt ∂ rt
L[e ] = L e = L[tert ] = 2a(r − r1 )ert + at(r − r1 )2 ert .
∂r ∂r
3. Conclude that L[ter1 t ] = 0. Hence, y2 (t) = ter1 t is a second solution of the above
constant coefficient equation in the double root case.