Second and higher order ordinary differential equations

with constant coefficients

Homogeneous differential equations

Solve the following second order ODE’s:
d2 y dy
(1) + − 2y = 0.
dx2 dx
(2) y 00 − 6y 0 + 13y = 0.
(3) (D2 + 10D + 25)y = 0.
d2 y dy
(4) 2
− 5 + 6y = 0.
dx dx
2
dy dy
(5) 2
− 4 + 4y = 0.
dx dx
(6) y 00 + 9y = 0.
(7) y 00 + 3y 0 + 2y = 0.
(8) (D2 + 6D + 9)y = 0.
(9) (D2 − 2D + 5)y = 0.
(10) D3 y + 6D2 y + 11Dy + 6y = 0.
(11) D3 y − 8y = 0.
d4 y d2 y
(12) − 5 + 4y = 0.
dx4 dx2

Non-Homogeneous differential equations

Solve the following second order ODE’s by inverse operator method
d2 y dy
(1) 4 2 − 12 + 9y = 144ex/2 + 100.
dx dx
00 0
(2) y − 8y + 16y = e4x + sinh2 3x.
d3 y d2 y dy
(3) 3
− 5 2
+ 7 − 3y = e2x cosh 3x + 5x .
dx dx dx
d2 y dy
(4) − 3 + 2y = sin 3x + cos 4x.
dx2 dx
1
 (5) (D2 + 4)y = 4 sin 3x cos 5x.
(6) (D2 + 4D − 12)y = e2x − 3 sin 2x + 6 cos2 x.
(7) (D2 + 3D + 2)y = 1 + 3x + x2 .
d3 y d2 y dy
(8) 3
+ 2 2
− − 2y = 1 − 4x2 .
dx dx dx
d3 y dy
(9) 3
− = x + sin x + 2e2x .
dx dx
d2 y
(10) 2
+ 4y = x2 + cos 2x + 2−x + e2x sinh 3x.
dx

Initial Value Problem (IVP) and Boundary Value prob-

lem (BVP)
Solve the following initial value and boundary value problems:
d2 y dy
(1) 2
− 3 + 2y = 0, y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1.
dx dx
d2 y dy dy
(2) 2
− 4 + 5y = 0 given y = 1, = 2 at x = 0.
dx dx dx
(3) y 000 − 2y 00 + 4y 0 − 8y = 0, y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1, y 00 (0) = −2.
dy
(4) (D2 − 3D + 2)y = ex , given y = 3 and = 3 when x = 0.
dx
d2 y dy
(5) 2
+ 2 + 10y + 37 sin 3x = 0, y(0) = 3, y 0 (0) = 0.
dx dx
d2 y dy
(6) 2
= a + bx + cx2 given that y = d, = 0 when x = 0.
dx dx
dy
(7) (D2 − 4D − 5)y = xe−x , given y = 0 and = 0 when x = 0.
dx
(8) y 00 − 2y 0 + y = x, y(0) = 0, y(1) = 3.
(9) y 00 − 2y 0 + 10y = 0, y(0) = 2, y(π/2) = 2eπ/2 .
(10) y 00 + y = −1, y(0) = 0, y(1) = 0.