Exercises

Find the general solution for the following equations

1. (D3 + 2D2 − 15)y = 0

2. (4D3 − 49D − 60)y = 0

3. (D4 − 2D3 − 13D2 + 38D − 24)y = 0

4. (D2 − (a + b)D + ab)y = 0

5. (D3 − 4D2 + 4D)y = 0

6. (4D3 − 27D + 27)y = 0

7. (4D4 − 4D3 − 23D2 + 12D + 36)y = 0

8. (D5 − 5D4 + 7D3 + D2 − 8D + 4)y = 0

9. (D3 + 5D2 + 3D − 9)y = 0

10. (D2 + 6D + 13)y = 0

11. (D3 + 2D2 + D + 2)y = 0

12. (D4 − 2D3 + 2D2 − 2D + 1)y = 0

13. (D6 + 9D4 + 24D2 + 16)y = 0

14. (D4 + 6D3 − 9D2 )y = 0

15. (4d3 − 21D − 10)y = 0

Use undetermined coefficients method in order to obtain the solution for the
following problems

1. (D2 − 3D + 2)y = 3x3 − 9x2 + 6x

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2. (D2 − 1)y = e−x (2 sin x + 4 cos x)

3. (D2 + 1)y = 12 cos2 x
4. (D2 − 3D2 + 4)y = 6 + 80 cos 2x
5. (D3 + D2 − 4D − 4)y = 8x + 8 + 6e−x
Use the method of reduction of order to solve the following equations
1. (D2 + 1)y = sec x
1
2. (D2 + 2D + 1)y =
(ex − 1)2
1
3. (D2 − 3D + 2)y = √
1 + e2x
4. The solution of
(x − 1)y ′′ − xy ′ + y = 0
is y = ex . Find the general solution of

(x − 1)y ′′ − xy ′ + y = 1.

5. One solution of
(1 − x2 )y ′′ − 2xy ′ + 2y = 0
is y = x. Find the second solutions
Use the variation of parameter method to find the solution of the following
equations
1. (D2 + 1)y = csc x cot x
2. (D2 + 1)y = tan x
e2x
3. (D2 − 2D + 1)y =
(ex + 1)2
4. (D2 − 3D + 2)y = cos(e−x )
5. Observe that x and ex are solutions of the homogeneous equation as-
sociated with

(1 − x)y ′′ + xy ′ − y = 2(x − 1)2 e−x .

Find the solution.