Mathematical Methods (MAN-002)
Assignment1: Differential Equations Spring Semester 2018-19
1. Find the general solution of the following linear differential equations:
(a) (D3 − 3D2 + 2D)y = 0 (b) (D2 + 2iD + 1)y = 0
(c) (D3 − 8)y = 0 (d) (D2 + (3i − 1)D − 3i)y = 0
(e) (D4 + m4 )y = 0
2. Consider the equation y 00 + y 0 − 6y = 0. Compute the solution
(a) φ satisfying φ(0) = 1; φ0 (0) = 0.
(b) ψ satisfying ψ(0) = 0; ψ 0 (0) = 1.
3. Consider the equation y 00 + k 2 y = 0; where k is a non-negative constant.
For what values of k will there exist non-trivial solutions φ satisfying
(a) φ(0) = 0, φ(π) = 0.
(b) φ(0) = φ(π), φ0 (0) = φ0 (π).
4. Find the general solutions of the following equations:
(a) y 00 + 2iy 0 + y = x (c) y 000 − y 0 = 2 cosh x
00 0 −x
(b) y − y − 2y = e
5. Find the solution of the equation (D2 − 1)y = 1, which vanishes when
x = 0 and tends to a finite limit as x → −∞?
6. Find the general solution of the following linear differential equations:
(a) y 00 + 4y = sin2 x (b) y 00 + y = sec x
2
(c) (D + 1)y = cos x sin 3x (d) y v − y 0 = 12ex + 8 sin x − 2x
(e) (D + 1)y = x sin x + (1 + x )e (f ) (D2 − 4D + 4)y = 8x2 e2x sin 2x
2 2 x
(g) y 00 + 9y = sin3 x
7. Solve the following equations:
(a) (x3 D3 + 2x2 D2 + 3xD − 3)y = 0 (b) (x2 D2 − 2)y = x2 + 1/x
8. Solve the following equations:
(a) (x2 D2 − (2m − 1)xD + (m2 + n2 ))y = n2 xm log x, m, n ∈ R
(b) (x2 D2 − xD + 4)y = cos(log x) + x sin(log x)
d2 x g
9. If + (x − a) = 0, (a, b and g being positive real numbers) and
dt2 b p
x = β and dx/dt = 0 when t = 0, show that x = a + (β − a) cos (g/b)t.
(
x, if 0 ≤ x ≤ π
10. Determine the solution of y 00 + y = π−x
πe , if x > π
satisfying the initial conditions y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1, assume that y and y 0
are also continuous at x = π.
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Answers
1. (a) y = c1√+ c2 ex + c3 e2x √
(b) y = c1 ei( 2−1)x + c2 e−i(√2+1)x √
(c) y = c1 e2x + e−x {c2 cos(x 3) + c3 sin(x 3)}
(d) y = c1 ex + c2 e−3ix
−mx
√ mx
√
(e) y = e 2 {c1 cos( mx 2
√ )} + e 2 {c3 cos( mx
√ ) + c2 sin( mx
2
√ ) + c4 sin( mx
2
√ )}
2
2. (a) φ(x) = 53 e2x + 25 e−3x
(b) ψ(x) = 51 e2x − 15 e−3x
3. (a) k = 1, 2, 3, · · ·
(b) k = 2n; n = 0, 1, 2, · · ·
√ √
4.(a) y(x) = c1 exp[−i( 2 + 1)x] + c2 exp[i( 2 − 1)x] + x - 2i
(b) y(x) = − x3 e−x + c1 e−x + c2 e2x
(c) y(x) = c1 + c2 ex + c3 e−x + x2 (ex + e−x )
5. y(x) = ex − 1
6. (a) y = c1 cos 2x + c2 sin 2x + 18 − x8 sin 2x
(b) y(x) = c1 cos x + c2 sin x + cos x(log cos x) + x sin x
1
(c) y = c1 cos x + c2 sin x − 30 sin 4x − 16 sin 2x
−x
(d) y(x) = c1 + c2 e + c3 e + c4 cos x + c5 sin x + 3xex + 2x sin x + x2
x
(e) y = c1 ex + c2 e−x − 12 (cos x + x sin x) + 12 1 x
e (2x3 − 3x2 + 9x)
2x 2x 2
(f ) y = (c1 + c2 x)e + e (−2x sin 2x + 3 sin 2x − 4x cos 2x)
3 x
(g) y = A sin(3x + B) + 32 sin x + 24 cos 3x
√ √
7.(a) y = c1 x + c2 sin( 3 log x) + c3 cos( 3 log x)
(b) y = c1 x2 + c2 x−1 + 13 (x2 + x−1 )
8.(a) y = xm [c1 √
cos(n log x) + c2 sin(n m
√ log x)] + 1x log x
(b) y = x[c1 cos( 3 log x) + c2 sin( 3 log x)] + 13 [3 cos(log x) − 2 sin(log x)]+
x
2 sin(log x)
10. (
x, if 0 ≤ x ≤ π
y=
−(1 + π2 ) sin x − π2 cos x + π2 eπ−x , if x > π