Solve (sinx)y″ + (1 − x2)y′ + 2xy = 3y(1) + 2y′(1) = − 1, y(2) + y′(2) = 2 by using finite-

difference method with h = 0.25.

yo = − 1 y1 y2 y3 y2

x=1 x1 = 1.25 x2 = 1.50 x3 = 1.75 x3 = 2

i=0 i=1 i=2 i=3 i=4

3y(1) + 2y′(1) = −1
3yo + 2y′o = −1

3 yo + 2 (y2 h + y ) = -1
1 −1

y +y
+ 2( ) = -1
1 −1
3 yo
0.5

3yo + 4y1 – 4y−1 = −1

-1 -3 y o - 4 y 1
y-1 =
-4
1 + 3 yo+ 4 y1
y-1 = …1
4
y(2) + y′(2) = 2
y4 + y′4 = 2

y4+ ( y2 h - y )= 2
5 3

y 5 - y3
y4 + = 2
0.5
0.5y4 + y5 – y3 = 1
y5 = 1 + y3 – 0.5y4 …2

y1 + 1 – 2 yi + yi
( sin x i )
( h 2
– 1
)(
+ 1 + x i2 ) ( y2 h
i + 1 – yi – 1
) + 2x y
i i =
1
1 + x i2
 h 2 2 h2
( sin x i ) ( y 1 + 1 – 2 y i + y i – 1) + ( 1 + x y
i )( i + 1 – y i – 1) + 2 x y
i i h =
2 1 + x i2

2 2 0.252
( sin x i ) ( y i + 1 – 2 y i + y i – 1 ) + 0.125 ( y i +1 – y i –1 – x i y i + 1 + x i y i – 1 ) + 0.125 x y
i i =
1 + x i2

( sin x i – 0.125 + 0.125 x i2 )( y i – 1 )+( – 2sin x i + 0.125 x i )( y i ) + (sin x i + 0.125 – 0.125 x i2 ) ( y i – 1 )

0.252
=
1 + x i2

i xi Coefficient yi – 1 Coefficient yi Coefficient yi + 1 RHS

0 1 0.8415 y–1 –1.5579 yo 0.8415 y1 0.0313
1 1.25 1.0193 yo –1.7417 y1 0.8787 y2 0.0244
2 1.50 1.1537 y1 –1.8075 y2 0.8412 y3 0.0192
3 1.75 1.2418 y2 –1.7492 y3 0.7262 y4 0.0154
4 2 1.2843 y3 –1.5686 y4 0.5343 y5 0.0125

Substitute 1 into 0.8415y–1 − 1.5579yo + 0.8415y1 = 0.0313

1 + 3 y o + 4 y1
0.8415 ( 4 )
−1.5579 y o + 0.8415 y 1 = 0.0313

0.8415
4
( 1 + 3 yo + 4 y1 ) – 1.5579 y o + 0.8415 y 1 = 0.0313

–0.9286yo + 1.683y1 = –0.1791

Substitute 2 into 1.2843y3 − 1.5686y4 + 0.5343y5 = 0.0125
1.2843y3 − 1.5686y4 + 0.5343(1 + y3 − 0.5y4) = 0.0125
1.8186y3 − 1.8358y4 = −0.5218
i xi Coefficient yi – 1 Coefficient yi Coefficient yi + 1 RHS
0 1 - y–1 −0.9268 yo 1.683 y1 −0.1791
1 1.25 1.0193 yo −1.7417 y1 0.8787 y2 0.0244
2 1.50 1.1537 y1 −1.8075 y2 0.8412 y3 0.0192
3 1.75 1.2418 y2 −1.7492 y3 0.7262 y4 0.0154
4 2 1.8186 y3 −1.8358 y4 - y5 0.5218
Using Thomas Method

−0.9268 1.683 0 0 0 yo −0.1791

(
1.0193
0
0
0
−1.7417
1.1537
0
0
0.8787
−1.8075
1.2418
0
0
0.8412
−1.7492
1.8186
0
0
0.7262
−1.8358
)( ) ( )
y1

y3
y4
0.0244
y 2 = 0.0192
0.0154
-0.5218

i 0 1 2 3 4
di −0.9268 −1.7417 −1.8075 −1.7492 −1.8358
ei 1.683 0.8787 0.8412 0.7262 -
ci - 1.0193 1.1537 1.2418 1.8186
bi −0.1791 0.0244 0.0192 0.0154 −0.5218
α1 = d1 −0.9268 0.1093 −11.0848 −1.655 −1.0378
αi = di – ciβi − 1
βi = −1.8159 8.0413 −0.0759 −0.4388 -
wi = 0.1932 −1.6793 −0.1661 −0.1339 0.2681
wi =
yn = wn −0.2310 −0.2336 −0.1673 −0.0163 0.2681
yi = wi – βiyi + 1

⸫ yo = −0.2310
y1 = −0.2336
y2 = −0.1673
y3 = −0.0163
y4 = 0.2681