List No.

01
Problems proposed in the course of differential equations
Mechanical Engineering

1. Direction field. Use computer software to obtain a direction field. Then sketch, by hand, an
approximate solution curve. Use different colored pencils for each solution curve.

a) i)
dy dy y
=x =1−
dx dx x
b)
dy j)
= 0.2xy dy
dx = −y
dx
c)
dy k)
=x+y
dx dy
= −y − sin x
d) dx
dy
= −x l)
dx
dy
e) = x2 − y
dy dx
= x2 − y 2
dx m)
f) dy
= x2 − y − 2
dy dx
= 0.2x2 + y
dx
n)
g) dy
dy = −x2 + sin y
= xey dx
dx
h) ñ)
dx πt dy
= x − cos = sin x cos y
dt 2 dx

2. Isocline. Draw the direction field and some isothermal curves for the differential equation

a) e)
′
dx
= x − cos
πt y = x2 + 2x − y
dt 2
f)
b) ′
′ y = y sin 2x
y = 0.2xy
c) g)
′
′
y =x+y y = y − x2 + 2x − 2
d) h)
′
dy y = sin(x + y)
= x2 − y − 2
dx
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 Example Find the solution of value initial problem
dy
= sin x cos y
dx
Draw some isothermal curves and field directions

Direction Field
5
Eje y

−5
−8 −6 −4 −2 0 2 4 6 8 10
Eje x
Isoclines curves
4

2
Eje y

−2

−4
−8 −6 −4 −2 0 2 4 6 8
Eje x

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