Applied Mathematics and Numerical Methods

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Homework Set 1: Solutions

Solve the following ODEs

with the boundary conditions y y 0 .1
y(0)=0 and y(0)=1 (a
2

sin(t )

y(0)=1 and y(0)=0 (b

y cos(t )
y

and at t=0, x=dx/dt=0

x

d 2x
x cos 3 t .2
dt 2

1
1
3
cos t cos 3 t t sin(t )
8
8
8

with boundary conditions: y(0)=0, and y(1)=1. Plot the ay (1 a ) y y 0 .3

solution for a=0.1 and a=0.025 for the range 0<x<1
e x e x / a
e 1 e 1 / a
d2x
dx
find the most general solution for a<1 , 2 a x 0 .4
dt
dt
2

a
a 2
x e ( a / 2 )t C sin 1
D cos t 1

4
4

Find the general solution of the following inhomogeneous ODE for all values .5
:of the constant
u=0 at x=0

d 2u
u 1 cos2 x
dx 2

u=0 at x=
:For existence of a solution then = -3 which gives
.where B is some arbitrary constant u B sin x sin 2 x