Assignment-III (B. Tech. 2nd Sem.

2012) Mathematics-II (AM 111), Topic: Special Functions1

1. Dene ordinary and singular points of the dierential equation a2 (x)y + a1 (x)y + a0 (x)y = 0 and illustrate the same with examples. 2. Find series solutions of the following dierential equations: (a) y + xy = 0 (b) y + xy + y = 0 (c) 4xy + 2(1 x)y y = 0 (d) 2x(1 x)y + (1 x)y + 3y = 0 (e) 9x(1 x)y 12y + 4y = 0 (f ) xy + y + xy = 0 (g) x(1 x)y + 4y + 2y = 0 (h) (1 x2 )y 2xy + n(n + 1)y = 0 (i) x2 y + xy + (x2 n2 )y = 0 3. State and prove orthogonality of Legendres polynomials. 4. Express ax3 + x2 + x + b in the form of Legendres polynomials. 5. Prove that
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Pn (x)dx = 0 where n = 0 and Pn (x) is Legendres polynomial.

6. State and prove Rodrigues formula. 7. State and prove the orthogonality of the Bessels function of rst kind and of order n. 8. Prove that Jn (x) = (1)n Jn (x). ***

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