IIITDM KANCHEEPURAM

MA1001 Differential Equations

Problem Set 5

1. Solve the following differential equations:

d4 y
(a) 4 + m4 y = 0
dx
d2 y dy
(b) x 2 − (2x − 1) + (x − 1)y = 0
dx dx
2
d y
(c) sin2 x 2 = 2y if y = cot x is one solution.
dx
d2 y dy
2. Let y1 and y2 be two solution of the differential equation 2 +P (x) +Q(x)y = R(x).
dz dz
Find the condition on c1 and c2 such that c1 y1 +c2 y2 is also a solution of the differential
equation.

3. Let y = 3e2x + e−2x − αx be a solution of the initial value problem

d2 y dy
+ βy = 4α x, y(0) = 4, and (0) = 1, where α, β ∈ R.
dx2 dx
Find the value of α and β.
d2 y dy
4. Let y1 (x) = x be a solution of the differential equation (1 − x2 ) 2 − 2x + 2y = 0.
dx dx
Find the general solution of differential equation.

5. Let W (y1 , y2 ) be the Wronskian of two linearly independent solutions y1 and y2 of the
equation y 00 + P (x)y 0 + Q(x)y = 0.
(i) Calculate product W (y1 , y2 )P (x)
(ii) If y1 = e2x and y2 = xe2x , then find P (0).

6. Find the set of all linearly independent solutions of the differential equation

d4 y d2 y
− = 0.
dx4 dx2

7. Let f (x) and xf (x) be solutions of the differential equation

y 00 + P (x)y 0 + Q(x)y = 0.

Then find the solution of the differential equation y 00 + P (x)y 0 + Q(x)y = f (x).