ASSIGNMENT

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

[FDM 1023]

1. Solve the following differential equations.

1 1

y
x
+ 2 2
dx + ye y + 2
dy = 0 ,
i)
2
x +y
x + y 2
x x

ii)
iii)

ex
y 2y + y =
,
1 + x2
d4y
d3y
x 4 + 6 3 = 0.
dx
dx
''

'

2. Find the power series solutions around x0 = 1 for the following differential equation

(x + 1) y '' + 3xy ' y = 0 .

3. Use the Laplace transform to solve the following differential equation

y '' + y = f (t ) , y(0) = 0 , y ' (0) = 1

where

0, 0 t <

f (t ) = 1, t < 2 .
0,
t 2

4. Sketch the graph of the following function and find its Fourier coefficients

5, 4 x < 2

f ( x ) = 10, 2 x < 2 ,
5,
2 x<4

f ( x + 8) = f ( x ) .

Submission by group (4 - 5 students)

Solutions must be HAND-WRITTEN.
Submission date: August 20, 2014 (Wednesday)
(Before 5pm at Level 3, Building 19)
Please use the template (next page) as the Front Page of your assignment.

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