Edition ONeil
Chapter 2
Second-Order Di erential
Equations
2.1 The Linear Second-Order Equation
g; g; g;
1. It g; is g; a g;routine g;exercise g;in g; di g;erentiation g;to g;show g;that g ; y1(x) g; and g; y2(x) g;are
solutions g;of g;the g;homogeneous g;equation, g;while g;yp(x) g;is g;a g;solution g;of
g;the g;nonhomogeneous g;equation. g;The g;Wronskian g;of g;y1(x) g;and
g;y2(x) g;is
W g;(x) g;= 6 g;cos(6x) g ; g ; 6 g;sin(6 g ; x) g;= g;6 g;sin g ; 2(x) g ; 6 g;sin2(x) g;= g;6;
sin(6x) cos(6x)
and g;this g;is g;nonzero g;for g;all g;x, g;so g;these g ; solutions g;are g;linearly
g;independent g;on g;the g;real g;line. g;The g;general g;solution g;of g;the
g;nonhomogeneous g;di g;erential g;equation g;is
1
y g;= g;c1 g;sin(6x) g;+ g;c2 g;cos(6x) g;+ g;36g(; x
g ; 1): g;For g;the g;initial g;value g;problem, g;we g;need
1
y(0) g;= 36 g ; = g;5
g;c2
so g;c2 g;= g;179=36.
g;And
1
y0(0) g;= g;2 g;= g;6c1 g;+ 36
g;
g;
so g;c1 g;= g;71=216. g;The g;unique g;solution g;of g;the g;initial g;value g;problem g;is
71 g; 179 1
y(x) = 216 sin(6x) 36 g;cos(6x) g;+ g;36 g ; g ; (x g;1):
2. The g;W ronskian g;of g;e4x g;and g;e4 g ; x g;
is
W g;(x) g;= 4e4x 4e 4 g; x =8 g ; 6=0
e4x e4 x
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, 38 CHAPTER g;2. g; SECOND-ORDER g;DIFFERENTIAL g;EQUATIONS
so g ; these g ; solutions g ; of g ; the g ; associated g ; homogeneous g ; equation g ; are
indepen-dent. g;W ith g;the g;particular g;solution g;yp(x) g;of g;the
g;nonhomogeneous g;equation, g;this g;equation g;has g;general g;solution
4x g; 4 g ; x 1 g; 2
g; g; 1 g;
y(x) g;= g;c1ge
; + g;c2ge
;
4 32 x :
From g;the g;initial g;conditions g;we g;obtain
1
y(0) g;= g;c1 g;+ g;c2 32 g; g; = g;12
and
y0(0) g;= g;4c1 4c2 g;= g;3:
Solve g;these g;to g;obtain g;c1 g;= g;409=64 g;and g;c2 g;= g;361=64 g;to g;obtain g;the g;solution
409 361 4 g ; x g;1 2 g ; g ; 1
y(x) g;= g ; 4x + g; 64g;e 4g;x 32g;:
64 g;e
3. The g;associated g;homogeneous g;equation g;has g;solutions g;e2 g;x g;and
x g;
g;e . g;Their g;Wronskian g;is
2xex
= g;e3xe
W(x)=2xx
2e e
and g;this g;is g;nonzero g;for g;all g;x. g;The g;general g;solution g;of
g;the g;nonhomogeneous g;di g;erential g;equation g;is
2 g ; x g; x g ; 15g:;
y(x) g;= g;c1e + g;c2e + g ;
g
;
2
For g;the g;initial g;value g;problem, g;solve
15
y(0) g;= g;3 g;= c1 g;+ g;c2 g;+ g ; g; 2
and
y0(0) g;= g;1 g;= 2c g ; 1 c2
to g;get g;c1 g;= g;23=2; g;c2 g;= g;22. g;The g;initial g;value g;problem g;has g;solution
23 g;2x x 15
y(x) g;= 2 g;e 22e g ; + 2g:;
4. The g;associated g;homogeneous g;equation g;has g;solutions
y1(x) g;= g;e3x g;cos(2x); g;y2(x) g;= g;e3x g;sin(2x):
The g;W ronskian g;of g;these g;solutions g;is
3x g;
e cos(2x) e3x g;sin(2x) = g;e6x g;6= g;0
3x g; 3x
W g;(x) g;= 3e cos(2x) g ; 2e
g;
sin(2x)
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, 2.1. THE g;LINEAR g;SECOND-ORDER g;EQUATION 39
for g;all g;x. g;The g;general g;solution g;of g;the g;nonhomogeneous g;equation g;is
3x 3x 1 g;x
y(x) g;= g;c1e cos(2x) g;+ g;c2e sin(2x) 8 g;e g ; :
g; To g;satisfy g;the g;initial g;conditions, g;it g;is g;required
g; that
1
y(0) g;= g;1 g;= c1
8
and
1
3c1 g;+ g;2c2 8 g ; = g;1:
Solve g;these g;to g;obtain g;c1 g;= g;7=8 g;and g; c2 g;= g;15=8. g;The g;solution g;of
g;the g;initial g;value g;problem g;is
y(x) g;= 7ge; 3x g;cos(2x) g ; + g; 15 g;e3x g ; sin(2x) 1 g;ex:
8 8 8
5. The g;associated g;homogeneous g;equation g;has g;solutions
y1(x) g;= g;ex g;cos(x); g;y2(x) g;= g;ex g;sin(x):
These g;have g;W ronskian
W g;(x) g;= g ; ex g;cos(x) g; ex g;sin(x) ex sin(x) g;+ cos(x) g;= 6= g;0
x 2x
g;e g;e
ex g; cos(x) ex g; sin(x)
so g;these g;solutions g;are g;independent. g;The g;general g;solution g;of
g;the g;nonhomo-geneous g;di g;erential g;equation g;is
5 g; g5
y(x) g;= g;c1ex g;cos(x) g;+ g;c2ex g;sin(x) 2 c2 g ; ; g;
5x 2 :
We
g;need
5
y(0) g;= g;c1 2 g ; = g;6
and
y0(0) g;= g;1 g;= g;c1 g;+ g;c2 5:
Solve g;these g;to g;get g;c1 g; = g;17=2 g;and g;c2 g;= g;5=2 g;to g;get g;the g;solution
g1
; 7 g; x g; g5
; g; x g; g5 5
e sin(x) x2
; g; g; g;
y(x) g;= g ; e cos(x) 5x :
2 2 2 2
6. Suppose g;y1 g;and g;y2 g;are g;solutions g;of g;the g;homogeneous g;equation g;(2.2). g;Then
y100 g;+ g;py10 g;+ g;qy1 g;= g;0
and
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, 0
00 g;
y2 + g;py2
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