Assignment 1

MSO203B
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Summer 2019

Problem
1. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors for the problem given by

y 00 + λy = 0; y(0) = y(π); y 0 (0) = y 0 (π)

2. Find the eigenvalues of the operator Ly = y 00 + xy.

3. Given an example of an differentiable function which is not C 1 .
4. Find the eigenvalues of the problem:-

y 00 + λy = 0; y(0) = 0; y(L) + y 0 (L) = 0

5. Is it possible to find the general solution of the problem y 00 + y = 0 using

the eigenvalues of

y 00 + λy = 0; y(0) = y(π); y 0 (0) = y 0 (π)

n
∞ (−1)
6. Comment on the convergence of the series n=1 n2 using the Fourier
series of f (x) = x2 ; x ∈ (−π, π)
7. Prove the following Parseval’s Identity:-
Z ∞ ∞
X
|f (x)|2 dx = π[a20 + (a2n + b2n )]
−∞ n=1

8. Find the Fourier Series of the following:-

(
0 if − 4 ≤ x < 0
f (x) =
5 if 0 ≤ x < 4

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