UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & ENERGY STUDIES, DEHRADUN

Department of Mathematics
Course/Semester: B. Tech. III

Branch: APE GAS, APEUP, FSE,

GSE, CS Cyber Law, Mining, Mechanical, EE
Mechatronics, Chemical, GIE, ASE, ASE+AVE,
PSE, ADE, MSNT, PIE, Electrical
Subject: Mathematics III
Subject Code: MATH 201
Topic: Difference Equations, Series solution of second order differential equation, Legendre
and Bessel functions
Session: 2016-2017

TUTORIAL-1
Q1. Show that yk

1
k (k 1) is a solution of the difference equation yk 1 yk k .
2

Q2. Solve i) 16 yk 2 8 yk 1 yk 0

ii) yk 2 4 yk 1 13 yk 0

Q3. Find the particular solution of yk 2 6 yk 1 8 yk 0 such that y0 3, y1 2 . Also obtain y5 .

Q4. Solve the difference equation yk 2 3 yk 1 2 yk 0 ; if y0 2, y1 3 by method of
generating functions.
Q5. Find the generating function of the sequence yk if y0 y1 0, yk 1 if k 1.
Q6. Solve the following difference equations by matrix method:
i) xt 1 3xt 2xt 1 0 , (t 1, 2,3...) : given that x0 0, x1 1 .
ii) xt 1 4xt 3xt 1 0 , (t 1, 2,3...) : given that x0 0, x1 1 .
Q7. Solve the ODE x( x 1) y (3x 1) y y 0 .
Q8. Solve the ODE ( x2 x) y xy y 0 .
Q9. Show that P0 ( x) 1, P1 ( x) x, P2 ( x) 12 (3x 2 1), P3 ( x) 12 (5x3 3x).
Q10. Prove that

1 t

1
( Pn Pn1 )t n .
t 1 2 xt t 2 t n0

Q11. Using Rodrigues formula for Pn ( x) , obtain the value of P5 ( x) at x 1 .

Q12. Show that i) J 1/2 ( x)

Q13. Prove that

2
cos x ,
x

ii) J1/2 ( x)

d
( x J n J n1 ) x( J n2 J n21 ) .
dx

Q14. Evaluate J3 ( x) in terms of J 0 ( x) and J1 ( x) .

2
sin x .
x