Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Department of Mathematics
MA11003 - Advanced Calculus
Problem Sheet - 9
Autumn 2025
1. Solve the following differential equations:
(a) (x2 D2 − 3xD + 4)y = 2x2
(b) (x2 D2 + 7xD + 13)y = log x
2
(c) (x2 D − 4xD + 6)y = x4
(d) (x2 D2 + xD − 1)y = xm , where m ̸= ±1
(e) (x2 D2 − 3xD + 5)y = sin(log x)
(f) (x2 D2 − xD + 1)y = 2 log x
(g) (x2 D2 − (2m − 1)xD + (m2 + n2 ))y = n2 xm log x
(h) (x2 D2 − xD + 2)y = x log x
(i) (x2 D2 − 3xD + 5)y = x2 sin(log x)
(j) (x4 D4 + 6x3 D3 + 9x2 D2 + 3xD + 1)y = (1 + log x)2
2. Solve the following differential equations:
(a) (1 + x)2 y ′′ − 4(1 + x)y ′ + 6y = 6(1 + x)
(b) (x + 1)2 y ′′ + (x + 1)y ′ = (2x + 3)(2x + 4),
(c) (1 + 2x)2 y ′′ − 6(1 + 2x)y ′ + 16y = 8(1 + 2x)2
3. Apply the method of variation of parameters to solve the following differential equations:
′
(a) y ′′ − 2y = ex sin x
e3x
(b) y ′′ − 6y ′ + 9y =
x2
′′ ′ x
(c) y − 2y + y = e log x
(d) y ′′′ + y ′ = tan x
′′′ ′′ ′
(e) y − 2y − 21y − 18y = 3 + 4e−t
(f) y ′′ − 2y ′ + 2y = ex tan x
4. Using the method of variation of parameters, solve
d2 y dy
2
−2 = ex sin x
dx dx
dy
with y(0) = 0 and ( dx )x=0 = 0