M213 | DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

LECTURE 14
CONSTRUCTION OF A HOMOGENOUS
EQUATION FROM A SPECIFIED SOLUTION
14.1 Construction of a Homogenous Equation

1. 𝑦 = 4𝑒 2𝑥 + 3𝑒 −𝑥
𝑦 = 𝑐1 𝑒 2𝑥 + 𝑐2 𝑒 −𝑥

𝑚1 = 2 𝑚1 − 2 = 0
𝑚2 = −1 𝑚2 + 1 = 0

(𝑚 − 2)(𝑚 + 1) = 0

(𝐷 − 2)(𝐷 + 1)𝑦 = 0

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2. 𝑦 = 7 − 2𝑥 + 2 𝑒 4𝑥

𝑦 = (𝑐1 + 𝑐2 𝑥 ) + 𝑐3 𝑒 4𝑥

𝑚1 = 0 , 𝑚2 = 0 , 𝑚3 = 4

(𝑚2 )(𝑚 − 4) = 0

𝐷 2 (𝐷 − 4)𝑦 = 0

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3. 𝑦 = −5𝑥 + 2 𝑒 4𝑥

𝑦 = (𝑐1 + 𝑐2 𝑥 ) + 𝑐3 𝑒 4𝑥

𝑚1 = 0 , 𝑚2 = 0 , 𝑚3 = 4

(𝑚2 )(𝑚 − 4) = 0

𝐷 2 (𝐷 − 4)𝑦 = 0

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4. 𝑦 = 𝑒 −𝑥 sin 2𝑥

𝑦 = 𝑒 −𝑥 (cos 2𝑥 + sin 2𝑥)

𝑚 = −1 ± 2𝑖

(𝑚 + 1 + 2𝑖 )(𝑚 + 1 − 2𝑖 ) = 0

𝑚2 + 𝑚 − 2𝑖𝑚 + 𝑚 + 1 − 2𝑖 + 2𝑖𝑚 + 2𝑖 + 4 = 0

𝑚2 + 2𝑚 + 5 = 0

(𝐷 2 + 2𝐷 + 5)𝑦 = 0

5. 𝑦 = 𝑥𝑒 −𝑥 sin 2𝑥 + 3𝑒 −𝑥 cos 2𝑥

𝑦 = 𝑒 −𝑥 (𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛 2𝑥 + 3 cos 2𝑥)

𝑦 = 𝑒 −𝑥 [(𝑐1 + 𝑐2 𝑥 ) cos 2𝑥 + (𝑐3 + 𝑐4 𝑥 ) sin 2𝑥]

𝑚 = −1 ± 2𝑖 (𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑐𝑒)

(𝑚 + 1 + 2𝑖 )(𝑚 + 1 − 2𝑖 ) = 0

(𝑚2 + 2𝑚 + 5)2 = 0

(𝐷 2 + 2𝐷 + 5)2 𝑦 = 0

6. 𝑦 = 3𝑥𝑒 2𝑥

𝑦 = (𝑐1+𝑐2 𝑥)𝑒 2𝑥

𝑚1 = 𝑚2 = 2

(𝑚 − 2)(𝑚 − 2) = 0

(𝑚2 − 4𝑚 + 4) = 0

(𝐷 2 − 4𝐷 + 4)𝑦 = 0

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Reference

Rainville and Bedient, Elementary Differential Equations, Seventh Edition

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