Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Department of Mathematics
MA11003 - Advanced Calculus
Problem Sheet - 12
Autumn 2020

1. Solve the following differential equations:

(a) (x2 D2 − 3xD + 4)y = 2x2 ,

(b) (x2 D2 + 7xD + 13)y = log x

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(c) (x2 D − 4xD + 6)y = x4

(d) (x2 D2 + xD − 1)y = xm , [m 6= ±1]

(e) (x2 D2 − 3xD + 5)y = sin(log x)

(f) (x2 D2 − xD + 1)y = 2 log x

(g) (x2 D2 − (2m − 1)xD + (m2 + n2 ))y = n2 xm log x

(h) (x2 D2 − xD + 2)y = x log x

(i) (x2 D2 − 3xD + 5)y = x2 sin(log x)

(j) (x4 D4 + 6x3 D3 + 9x2 D2 + 3xD + 1)y = (1 + log x)2

2. Solve the following differential equations:

(a) (1 + x)2 y 00 − 4(1 + x)y 0 + 6y = 6(1 + x)

(b) (x + 1)2 y 00 + (x + 1)y 0 = (2x + 3)(2x + 4),
(c) (1 + 2x)2 y 00 − 6(1 + 2x)y 0 + 16y = 8(1 + 2x)2

3. Apply the method of variation of parameters to solve the following differential equations:
0
(a) y 00 − 2y = ex sin x
e3x
(b) y 00 − 6y 0 + 9y =
x2
00 0 x
(c) y − 2y + y = e log x
(d) y 000 + y 0 = tan x
000 00 0
(e) y − 2y − 21y − 18y = 3 + 4e−t
(f) y 00 − 2y 0 + 2y = ex tan x

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4. Using the method of variation of parameters, solve

d2 y dy
2
−2 = ex sin x
dx dx
dy
with y(0) = 0 and ( dx )x=0 = 0