JIIT Noida

Course Name: Mathematics II Course Code: 010B11MA201

Tutorial Sheet 3
(2010-11)

1. Solve the following differential equations in series

(a) (1  x 2 ) y ' '2 xy ' y  0 (b) xy ' ' y ' xy  0
(c) x y ' ' xy ' ( x  n ) y  0
2 2 2
(d) (1  x 2 ) y ' ' xy'4 y  0
(e) 8 x 2 y ' '10 xy'(1  x ) y  0 (f) x(1  x) y ' ' ( x  5) y '4 y  0

2. Solve the Legendre’s differential equation in a series of descending powers of x.

3. Show that
4 2
J 2 ' ( x)  (1  2
) J 1 ( x)  J 0 ( x) .
x x

4. Express J 72 ( x) in terms of Sine and Cosine function.

5. Express the following polynomials in terms of Legendre polynomials

(a) f(x)= x 2 (b) f(x)= 4 x 3  2 x 2  3x  8 (c) f(x)= x 4  2 x 3  6 x 2  5 x  3

6. State and prove Rodrigue’s formula and hence obtain P0 ( x ), P1 ( x), P2 ( x) & P3 ( x ).

7. Prove that
P02 ( x)  3P12 ( x)  5 P22 ( x)  ...  (2n  1) Pn2 ( x)  (n  1)[ Pn ( x) Pn'1 ( x)  Pn 1 ( x) Pn' ( x)]
 (n  1) Pn2 ( x)  (1  x 2 ){Pn' ( x)}2 .
n
(1) 2 n!
8. Prove that Pn (0)  0, for n odd and Pn (0)  n , for n even.
2 {( n )!}2
2
2 Sin(n )
9. Prove that J n J ' n  J n J n'   .
x.
d  J n  2Sin(n )
Hence deduce that   .
dx  Jn  xJ n2
10. Express the polynomial 2  x  3x 2  x 4 in terms of Chebyshev polynomials.

11. Find expression for T4 ' ( x )) in terms of T4 ( x ) & T3 ( x )

12. Express J 2 ( x ), J 3 ( x) & J 4 ( x ) in terms of J 0 ( x) & J 1 ( x).