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Explanations / Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems

Exercise 2
Chapter 4 | Section 4.1 | Page 226

Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems

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Explanation A Explanation B

Step 1 1 of 2

If we divide the given higher order linear equation by t, we obtain the form

dn y dn−1 y dy
+ p1 (t) + ... + pn−1 (t) + pn (t)y = g(t),
dtn dtn−1
​ ​ ​ ​ ​

dt
sin t 3 cos t
where n = 3, p1 (t) =
​

t , ​ p2 (t) = 0, p3 (t) =
​ ​

t and
​ g(t) = t .
​

p2 is, as a constant function, continuous everywhere, and p1 , p3 and g are continuous

​ ​ ​

everywhere except at t = 0 since they are products of continuous sine, constant and cosine
functions, respectively, with the inverse of identity function which is continuous everywhere
on its domain, ⟨−∞, 0⟩ ∪ ⟨0, +∞⟩. Therefore, all of them are continuous on the intervals
⟨−∞, 0⟩ and ⟨0, +∞⟩. By Theorem 4.1.1, the solutions of the given equation are sure to
exist on ⟨−∞, 0⟩ or ⟨0, +∞⟩.

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Result 2 of 2

⟨−∞, 0⟩ or ⟨0, +∞⟩

Exercise 1 Exercise 3

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