Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India
Differential Equation and Vector Calculus (MTH166)
Tutorial sheet - 5
1. Find the intervals on which the following differential equations are normal.
(a) y 0 = 3y/x
√
(b) y 00 + 3y 0 + xy = sin(x)
(c) y 000 + 9y 0 + y = log(x2 − 9)
2. Verify that the given function of solutions are basis solution.
(a) {1, x, ex } of y 000 − y 00 = 0
(b) {e−x cos(2x), e−x sin(2x)} of y 00 + 2y 0 + 5y = 0
3. Check the functions are LI/LD on I = R?
(a) x1/4 , x5/4
(b) sin(ln(x2 )), cos(ln(x2 ))
4. Solve the initial value problem
(a) y 00 + 6y 0 + 9y = 0, y(0) = 2, y 0 (0) = 3
(b) y 00 + 4y 0 + 13y = 0, y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1
d2 θ dθ
(c) 2
+ g θ = 0, g is constant, θ(0) = a, constant, (0) = 0.
dt dt
5. Let {y1 (x), y2 (x)} forms a basis of the equations and hence solve the initial value problem.
(a) {ex , e4x }; y 00 − 5y 0 + 4y = 0, y(0) = 2, y 0 (0) = 1.
(b) {x2 , 1/x}; x2 y 00 + xy 0 − 4y = 0, y(1) = 2, y 0 (1) = 6.
(c) {x, x ln x}; x2 y 00 − xy 0 + y = 0, y(1) = 3, y 0 (1) = 4.
6. Find the differential equation of the form ay 00 + by 0 + cy = 0 for which the following
functions are solutions.
(a) ex/4 , e−3x/4
(b) e(5+3i)x , e(5−3i)x
(c) e−x , xe−x
(d) 1, e−2x
7. Find a homogeneous linear differential equation with real constant coefficients of lowest
order which has the particular solution
(a) 5 + e−x + 2e3x
(b) e−x + cos 5x + 3 sin 5x
(c) 1 + x + ex − 3e3x
(d) xe−x + e2x
(e) 3 cos 2x + 5 sinh 3x