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Math 204 Week 6 Problem Set Solutions

This document outlines the Math 204 Week 6 problems, including specific exercises from different editions of the textbook by Boyce, DiPrima, and Meade. It also includes a problem requiring the derivation of an alternative method of variation of parameters for finding a particular solution to a given ordinary differential equation. The document emphasizes the need to modify the condition used in the derivation process to derive this alternative method.

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Math 204 Week 6 Problem Set Solutions

This document outlines the Math 204 Week 6 problems, including specific exercises from different editions of the textbook by Boyce, DiPrima, and Meade. It also includes a problem requiring the derivation of an alternative method of variation of parameters for finding a particular solution to a given ordinary differential equation. The document emphasizes the need to modify the condition used in the derivation process to derive this alternative method.

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Math 204, Week 6 Problems

Solve the following exercise problems from the textbook


by Boyce, DiPrima and Meade.

Global edition; Section 3.6 (pages 144-145):


2, 6, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25
(11th edition; Section 3.6 (pages 146-147):
2, 6, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25)
(12th edition; Section 3.6 (pages 168-169):
2, 6, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25)

Additionally, solve the following problem.

1. Recall the derivation of the method of variation of parameters to find a


particular solution of
y 00 + p(t)y 0 + q(t)y = g(t)
for given continuous functions p, q, g : R → R based on fundamental solutions
y1 , y2 of the corresponding homogeneous equation y 00 + p(t)y 0 + q(t)y = 0.

When deriving the method, we have assumed that a solution is of the form
φ(t) = v1 (t)y1 (t) + v2 (t)y2 (t)
for some differentiable functions v1 , v2 . Moreover, we have assumed v1 , v2
satisfy
v10 (t)y1 (t) + v20 (t)y2 (t) = 0 . (1.1)

By replacing the condition in (1.1) with


v10 (t)y1 (t) + v20 (t)y2 (t) = 1 ,
derive an alternative to the method of variation of parameters introduced in
the lecture. Using this method that you derived, find a particular solution
of the ODE
e4t
y 00 − y = t .
e +1

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