BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE PILANI

Hyderabad Campus
FIRST SEMESTER 2022 - 2023

MATHEMATICS - III
Assignment - II
Max. Marks: 20

INSTRUCTIONS
(i) Attempt all the questions.
(ii) Write your name and ID number on the cover page.
(iii) Assignment should be neatly handwritten on A4 size white sheets. Any overwriting/alteration/Xerox will
not be considered for evaluation.
(iv) Start answering each question on a new page.
(v) Submit your assignment in the registered tutorial section on 05.12.2022 during the tutorial hour (8:00 -
8: 50 AM) in person by showing your ID card.
(vi) Don’t come to Instructor / IC’s chamber to submit assignment.
(vii) Late submission will not be considered for evaluation.

1. Prove that
1
2n(n + 1)
Z
x2 Pn+1 (x)Pn−1 (x) dx = ,
−1 (2n − 1)(2n + 1)(2n + 3)
where Pn (x) is the nth -Legendre polynomial.
2. Show that the following recurrence relations hold:
0
(a) Pn (x) = n
[P (x) − xPn (x)];
(1−x2 ) n−1
0
(b) Pn (x) = n+1
(1−x2 )
[xPn (x) − Pn+1 (x)];
(c) Using (a) and (b) prove that,

0 n(n + 1)
(2n + 1)Pn (x) = [Pn+1 (x) − Pn−1 (x)].
(x2 − 1)

3. Find the general solution of the differential equation (1 − x2 )y00 − xy0 + 4y = 0.

4. Show that
d n
(x Jn (ax)) = axn Jn−1 (ax).
dx
5. Show that Z 1
uJ0 (xu) sin x
1
du = .
0 (1 − u2 ) 2 x
0
6. Prove that Hn (x) = 2xHn (x) − Hn+1 (x), where Hn (x) is the Hermite polynomial of degree n.
7. Evaluate Z ∞
2
xe−x Hn (x)Hm (x) dx.
−∞