McGILL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING FINAL EXAMINATION MATH 263 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND LINEAR ALGEBRA Examiner: Professor J.J Xu Date: Wednesday December 9, 2009 Associate Examiner: Dr. H. Huang Agr~ J5_-—~ Tine: 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM INSTRUCTIONS 1. Please answer all questions in the exam booklets provided. 2. This is a closed book examination. No books, crib shoots or lecture notes permitted 3. Faculty Standard calculators are permitted. 4. Dictionaries are not permitted. ‘This exam comprises the cover page, 2 pages of 8 questions and a page of the Table of Laplace Transforms.6 McGill University Math 263-2009: Differential Equations and Linear Algebra Final Exam (A), Dec., 2009 (Laplace Table is included) . (10 Points) Find the general solution of ay Pt Py dz a? + Qey — (10 Points) Solve the following initial value problem vy" +2y'—38y=0, (0) =4,y'0) =0 (15 Points) Find the generat solution of ty" —2ay!+2y= 27, >), by using the method of variation of parameters. (10 Points} Consider the differential equation Py" + 2ty! —2y =0 . (a) Verify that y;(t) = % is a solution of the differentin! equation. (b) Find a second linear independent solution of the differential equation by the reduction of order method. (15 Points) Solve the following initial value problem by using the method of Laplace transform: yy" el, (0) =0, y'(0) =, y"(0)=1 (15 Points) Given the following matrix: or oO}. 3 : (8) derive the rank of matrix; (b) Bnd all the eigenvalues {A;} and determine the multiplicity of each eigenvalue; (©) calculate the eigenvectors corresponding to each eigenvalue, and de- termine the dimension of each eigen-space; (a) state whether the matrix is defective or non-defective; 1 one eo)McGill University Math 263-2009: Differential Equations and Linear Algebra Final Exam (A), Dec.. 2009 (c) give the basis of each eigen-space. 7. (18 Points) For the matrix A given in the problem (6), find the general solution of the homogeneous EQ. x! = Ax. 8. (10 Points) With the matrix A given in the problem (6), find the solution for the IVP of non-homogeneous EQ: x= Ax +b, where b = (/,,1)7 and the initial condition x(0) = x9 = (-2,1, yr.TABLE 6.2.1 Elementary Laplace Transforms p ~ ge ° LRGs) 1"; n= positive integer 20, p> 1 . sinar cosar sinhar coshar . e sin bt . e* cos br te, n= positive integer (0) uO Ft =o) ef) Fler) ff f= ngeae . b(t — ce) £) NFO | F(s) = Lif) aint ree nt . s>0 s eS F(s) Fs-0) 1 s oF ). 0 F(s)G(s) oo SP F(s) — 5"! f(0) == fHP(O) Fes)