MA 102 (Ordinary Differential Equations)
IIT Guwahati
Tutorial Sheet No. 11 Date: April 6, 2020
Higher order ODEs with variable coefficients, Power series, Ordinary
and Singular points of ODEs
1. Find a general solution to the given equation for x > 0.
(a) x3 y 000 − 3x2 y 00 + 6xy 0 − 6y = 0.
(b) x2 y 00 − 5xy 0 + 8y = 2x3 .
2. Find a general solution to the following differential equations by the method
of variation of parameters.
(a) (sin2 x)y 00 − 2 sin x cos xy 0 + (cos2 x + 1)y = sin3 x;
where {sin x, x sin x} is a fundamantal solution set of the corresponding ho-
mogeneous equation.
(b) (x2 + 2x)y 00 − 2(x + 1)y 0 + 2y = (x + 2)2
where {x + 1, x2 } is a fundamantal solution set of the corresponding homoge-
neous equation.
(c) x3 y 000 + x2 y 00 − 2xy 0 + 2y = 2x4 , x > 0.
3. A differential equation and a non-trivial solution y1 are given. Find the general
solution.
(a) x2 y 00 + xy 0 − y = 0, x 6= 0; y1 (x) = x.
(b) x2 y 00 − 2xy 0 − 4y = 0, x > 0; y1 (x) = x−1 .
4. Given that y = x is a solution of x2 y 00 + xy 0 − y = 0, x 6= 0, find the general
solution of x2 y 00 + xy 0 − y = x, x 6= 0.
5. Determine a Taylor’s series about the given point for each of the following
functions and determine the radius of convergence.
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(a) 1−x , x0 = 2. (b) x21+1 , x0 = 0.
6. Prove the following identities.
(a) ∞ an (x − 1)n+1 = ∞ 1)n .
P P
n=0 n=1 an−1 (x −P
(b) k=0 ak+1 xk + ∞
P∞ P k+1 = a + ∞ k
k=0 ak x 1 k=1 (ak+1 + ak−1 )x .
7. Rewrite the following as sums whose generic term involves xn .
(a) ∞
P n−2 (b)
P∞ m−2 + x
P∞ k−1 .
n=2 n(n − 1)an x m=2 m(m − 1)am x k=1 kak x
8. Find all the singular points of the following ODEs
(a) (x2 + x − 2)y 00 + (x + 1)y 0 + 2y = 0.
(b) y 00 + (ln|x|)y 0 + 3xy = 0.
(c) (sin x)y 00 + xy 0 + 4y = 0. (d) x2 y 00 + 2(ex − 1)y + (e−x cos x)y = 0.