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Math 204 Week 4 ODE Problem Set

The document outlines the Math 204 Week 4 problems, including specific exercises from the textbook by Boyce, DiPrima, and Meade across different editions. It also presents additional problems related to second-order linear homogeneous ordinary differential equations (ODEs), including finding the Wronskian and general solutions. The document requires the application of concepts from differential equations to solve the stated problems.

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Math 204 Week 4 ODE Problem Set

The document outlines the Math 204 Week 4 problems, including specific exercises from the textbook by Boyce, DiPrima, and Meade across different editions. It also presents additional problems related to second-order linear homogeneous ordinary differential equations (ODEs), including finding the Wronskian and general solutions. The document requires the application of concepts from differential equations to solve the stated problems.

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Math 204, Week 4 Problems

Solve the following exercise problems from the textbook


by Boyce, DiPrima and Meade.

Global edition; Section 3.2 (pages 117-118):


4, 9, 12, 16, 18, 27, 31, 32, 34
(11th edition; Section 3.2 (pages 119-120):
4, 9, 11, 16, 22, 27, 31, 34)
(12th edition; Section 3.2 (pages 137-138):
4, 9, 11, 16, 22, 27, 31, 34)

Additionally, solve the following problems.

1. Consider a second-order linear homogeneous ODE


y ′′ + (sin t)y ′ + q(t)y = 0
for some continuous function q(t) : R → R.

Suppose y1 , y2 are two solutions of this ODE such that


W [y1 , y2 ](0) = 3.
Find the Wronskian W [y1 , y2 ](t).

2. Let us consider the second-order homogeneous ODE with constant coeffi-


cients given below.
9y ′′ + 8y ′ − y = 0
(a) Find a fundamental set of solutions y1 , y2 for this ODE.

(b) Find the general solution of this ODE.

(c) Verify that two solutions of the ODE are y1 (t) = et/9 and y2 (t) = −3et/9 .
Find a solution ϕ(t) of the ODE that cannot be written as
ϕ(t) = c1 y1 (t) + c2 y2 (t)
no matter what c1 , c2 ∈ R are.

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