Ma2020 Assign 1
Ma2020 Assign 1
2. Find the curve passing through the point (1, 0) and having at each of its points
the slope − xy
4. Define the Wronskian w(y1 , y2 ) of any two continuous function y1 and y2 defined
in an interval (a, b) ⊂ R. Show that w(y1, y2 ) = 0 if y1 and y2 are linearly
dependent.
5. If y1 and y2 are any two solutions of a second order linear homogeneous ordinary
differential 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).
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7. Find the general solution of the following second order equations using the given
known solution y1 .
d y2 dy
(a) x2 dx 2 + x dx − y = 0 where y1 (x) = x.
d y 2 dy
(b) x2 dx 2
2 + x dx − 4y = 0 where y1 (x) = x .
2
d y dy
(c) (x − 1) dx 2 − x dx + y = 0 where y1 (x) = x.
2
d y dy x
(d) x dx 2 − (2x + 1) dx + (x + 1)y = 0 where y1 (x) = e .
dn
8. Find the general solution of each of the following equations (D n ≡ dxn
)
(a) (D 4 − 81)y = 0
(b) (D 3 − 4D 2 + 5D − 2)y = 0
(c) (D 4 − 7D 3 + 18D 2 − 20D + 8)y = 0
(d) (D 4 + 2D 3 + 3D 2 + 2D + 1)y = 0
(e) (D 2 − 3D − 6)y = 3 sin 2x
(f) (D 2 + 1)y = 2 cos x
(g) (D 2 − 3D + 2)y = (4x + 5)e3x
(h) (D 2 − 1)y = 3e2x cos 2x
(i) (D 2 − 2D + 3)y = 3e−x cos x
dn
9. Solve the following using the method of variation of parameters (D n ≡ dxn
)
11. Show that the general solution of L(y) = f1 (x) + f2 (x), where L(y) is a linear
differential operator, is y = ȳ + y ∗ , where ȳ is the general solution of the
L(y) = 0 and y ∗ is the sum of the any particular solutions of L(y) = f1 (x) and
L(y) = f2 (x).