HALDIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT ON “PDE, SERIES SOLUTION OF ODE, BESSEL’S

AND LIGENDRE’S FUNCTION”
(Paper Code: M302 Module-IV)

1. Answer the following short questions.

i. Find the value of .

ii. Write the Bessel’s equation of order zero.

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iii. Find the value of  P ( x)dx , where
1
n is a Legendre polynomial of

degree n.
iv. Find the nature of the point of the differential equation
d2y dy 1
( x  2) 2
x  y 0.
dx dx x
v. Find the nature of the point of the differential equation
.
vi. Show that x  0 is an irregular singular point and x  2 is a regular singular
point of the differential equation

2. Answer the following long answer type questions.

Series Solution

i. Solve in series the equation .

ii. Solve in series the equation

iii. Solve in series the equation 0.

iv. Solve in series the equation .
v. Solve in series the equation .
 Bessel’s Function

i. Express in terms of and .

ii. Show that .
iii. Show that .
iv. Prove that , where is a Bessel’s polynomial
of first kind of order n.
v. Show that .
Where the notation carry the conventional meaning.
2 2

vi. Show that    

 J 1 ( x)   J 1 ( x) 
2 .
 2   
2  x

vii. Prove the recurrence relation where the

notation carries the conventional meaning.
n
viii. Prove the recurrence formula J n '( x)  J n ( x)  J n 1 ( x) , where ) is the
x
Bessel’s function of first kind of order n.

Legendre Function
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i. Prove that  P ( x) P ( x)dx  0, for m  n , where
1
m n denotes the

Legendre polynomial of first kind of degree n.

ii. Show that is the coefficient of in the expansion of

in ascending power of , where .

iii. Assuming the orthogonality property of Legendre function prove that
1
2
  P ( x)  dx 
2

2n  1 .
n
1

iv. State and prove Rodgriue’s formula.

v. Prove the following recurrence relation:
nPn ( x)  (2n  1) xPn1 ( x)  (n  1) Pn2 ( x), n  2 where the notation carries
the conventional meaning.
vi. Prove the recurrence relation ( ,
where is a Legendre’s polynomial of first kind of order n.
Prove the recurrence relation is a Legendre’s
polynomial of first kind of order n.
vii. Express in terms of Legendre
polynomial.
 Solution of a partial Differential equation

u  2u
i. Solve:  k 2 for under the given condition
t x
is unbounded.
2u 2u
ii. Solve:   0 which satisfies the conditions
x 2 y 2

and .

 2u  2u
iii. Solve the two dimensional Laplace’s equation   0 , which
x 2 y 2
satisfies the following initial boundary conditions
u (0, y ) u ( , y )
,   0 for
x x
U  2U
iv. Solve  2 , subject to the conditions
t x
(i) at
(ii)
 when
(iii) is bounded.
 2u u
v. Using the method of separation of variable, solve  ,
x 2 t
.