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EGR 509 ADVANCED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FOR ENGINEERS Summer 2002 Problem set #7 Radius of Convergence.

Determine the radius of convergence of the following series. (Show the details of your work.) 1.

m =0

(m + 1)mx m

2.

m =0

3m (x 3) 2m

Text 3.8: 3, 5 Text A4: 1, 5, 7, 15 (pg. 538) Note: The correct answer for problem A4-15 is Text A5: 1, 3, 5 (pg. 551) Problem set #8 Find solutions of the following differential equations by the Frobenius Method.. Show the details of your work. Try to identify the series as expansions of known functions. 1. x(1 x)y + 2(1 2x)y 2y = 0 a a B Ans: y1 = 0 , y2 = 0 = ; Note: the constant a0 in y1 is not the same as a0 in y2 1 x x x 2. xy + 2y + xy = 0 a sin( x ) B cos( x ) Ans: y1 = 0 , y2 = x x 3. 2x(x 1)y (x + 1)y + y = 0 y=1 1 2 1 3 1 5 x x + x + ... 2 6 40

Ans: y1 = a0(1 + x), y2 = Bx1/2

Differential Equations Reducible to Bessels Equation. Use the indicated substitutions and find a general solution in terms of Jp and J-p or indicate why these functions do not give a general solution. Show the details of your work. 4. 5. 6. 1 )y = 0 (x2 = z) 4 1 4x2y + 4xy + (x )y = 0 (x1/2 = z) 36 9x2y + 9xy + (36x4 - 16)y = 0 (x2 = z) x2y + xy + (4x4 -

Text 4.2: 3, 5, 10, 11, 12

EGR 509 ADVANCED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FOR ENGINEERS Summer 2002 Problem set #9 Fourier-Legendre Series. Develop in terms of Legendre polynominals: 3. x5, 4. 15 42x2 + 35x4, Ans: 3 4 8 P1(x) + P3(x) + P5(x) 7 9 63

Ans: 8(P4(x) - P2(x) +P0(x))

Some Further Differential Equations Reducible to Bessels Equation. Use the indicated substitutions and find a general solution in terms of Bessel functions. Show the details of your work. 5. y + x2y = 0 (y = ux1/2, 1 2 x = z), 2 2 3/2 kx = z), 3 1 2 kx = z), 2 Ans: y = x1/2{c1J1/4(x2/2) + c2Y1/4(x2/2)}

6.

y + k2 xy = 0 (y = ux1/2,

Ans: y = x1/2{c1J1/3(2kx3/2/3) + c2Y1/3(2kx3/2/3)}

7. 4.4 5.2

y + k2 x2y = 0 (y = ux1/2, 1, 3, 5, 7, 13 (Text: Asmar) 1, 3, 5, 11 (Text: Asmar)

Ans: y = x1/2{c1J1/4(kx2/2) + c2Y1/4(kx2/2)}

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