Dynamics of Structures Assignment 1

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1 Are the following sets of functions, each defined on 𝑥𝑥 ∈ ℝ, linearly

independent? Use Wronskian.
(a) 3𝑥𝑥, 𝑥𝑥 + 1, 2𝑥𝑥 2 (5%)

(b) 𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 , 𝑥𝑥𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 (5%)

2 Find general solutions of these ODEs, and particular solutions if initial

conditions are given. Show the details of your work.
(a) 𝑦𝑦 ′′ + 4𝑦𝑦 ′ + (𝜋𝜋 2 + 4)𝑦𝑦 = 0 (15%)

(b) 𝑦𝑦 ′′ − 6𝑦𝑦 ′ + 9𝑦𝑦 = 3𝑒𝑒 3𝑥𝑥 + 3 (15%)

(c) 𝑦𝑦 ′′ + 4𝑦𝑦 = sin 3𝑥𝑥 + 3 sin 2𝑥𝑥 (15%)

(d) 𝑦𝑦 ′′ + 2𝑘𝑘 2 𝑦𝑦 ′ + 𝑘𝑘 4 𝑦𝑦 = 0, 𝑦𝑦(0) = 𝑦𝑦0 , 𝑦𝑦 ′ (0) = 𝑣𝑣0 (15%)

(e) 𝑦𝑦 ′′ + 4𝑦𝑦 ′ + 4𝑦𝑦 = 𝑒𝑒 −𝑥𝑥 cos 𝑥𝑥 (15%)

(f) 8𝑦𝑦 ′′ − 6𝑦𝑦 ′ + 𝑦𝑦 = 6 cosh 𝑥𝑥 , 𝑦𝑦(0) = 0.2, 𝑦𝑦 ′ (0) = 0.05 (15%)