MATH 340 Spring 2021: - Ordinary Differential Equations

Instructor: O. Emanouilov Name:

02/22/2021
Quiz # wk6
Instructions: No calculators. Do not spend much time for hard problems.
Problem 1. (1 point) Let p and q be constants. Consider the ordinary differential
equation
y 00 + py 0 + qy = e2t (1 + t3 ).
Roots of the characteristic polynomial p(λ) = λ2 + pλ + q has only one root λ1 = 2. Which
formula below correctly represents a form of particular solution yp (t) obtained by method of
undetermined coefficients

A) yp (t) = te2t (q0 + q1 t + q2 t2 + q3 t3 )

B) yp (t) = t2 e2t (q0 + q1 t + q2 t2 + q3 t3 )

C) yp (t) = te2t (q1 t + q2 t2 + q3 t3 )

D) yp (t) = t2 e2t (q0 + q1 t + q2 t2 )

Problem 2. (1 point) Given two functions f1 (t) = t3 and f2 (t) = t2 |t|. On which time
interval I these two functions are linearly independent.
√
A) I = (0, 2)

B) I = (0, sin(1))

C) I = (−2, 1)

D) I = (−2, −1).

Problem 3. (1 point) Consider the second order homogeneous linear ordinary differential
equation
y 00 + p(t)y 0 + q(t)y = 0
on time interval interval I. Functions p(t) and q(t) are continuous on I. Let W (t) be a
Wronskian corresponding to two linearly independent solutions y1 (t) and y2 (t). It is known
that Wronskian as the function of variable t satisfies the ordinary differential equation

W 0 + p(t)W = 0.

Let t0 ∈ I, t0 6= 0. Which formula below correctly represents W (t)?

 Rt
A) W (t) = W (t0 )e− 0 q(τ )dτ

Rt
B) W (t) = W (t0 )e− 0 p(τ )dτ

Rt
p(τ )dτ
C) W (t) = W (t0 )e 0

Rt
− p(τ )dτ
D) W (t) = W (t0 )e t0

Problem 4. (1 point) Consider a linear homogeneous ordinary differential equation of

order three with constant real valued coefficients. The corresponding characteristic
polynomial is given by formula

p(λ) = λ3 + a2 λ2 + a1 λ + a0 .

There exist real numbers a0 , a1 , a2 such that characteristic polynomial has two Complex
Roots λ1 = a1 + ib1 , b1 6= 0 and λ2 = a2 + ib2 , b2 6= 0. Moreover it is known that λ2 6= λ1 .
(T/F)
Problem 5. (1 point) Let a1 , a2 , a3 be real constants. Consider the homogeneous ordinary
differential equation
00
y (3) + a1 y + a2 y 0 + a3 y = 0.
It s know that equation has three different roots. The following information about these
roots is known: one root is real strictly negative number λ1 < 0 and one root is complex
number λ2 = a + ib WHERE a < 0, b 6= 0.
For general solution to this ordinary differential equation y(t) we have

lim y(t) = 0.
t→+∞

(T/F)