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Odes: Power Series Solutions and Special Functions I

This document provides exercises on power series solutions and special functions: 1) It asks to calculate the Taylor series expansions of several common functions around the origin. 2) It lists several identities involving power series coefficients that must be checked. 3) It gives an ordinary differential equation and asks to find the power series coefficients to satisfy it and identify the represented function. 4) It asks to calculate the convergence radii of several power series. 5) It provides ordinary differential equations and asks to solve them using power series centered at the origin.

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Odes: Power Series Solutions and Special Functions I

This document provides exercises on power series solutions and special functions: 1) It asks to calculate the Taylor series expansions of several common functions around the origin. 2) It lists several identities involving power series coefficients that must be checked. 3) It gives an ordinary differential equation and asks to find the power series coefficients to satisfy it and identify the represented function. 4) It asks to calculate the convergence radii of several power series. 5) It provides ordinary differential equations and asks to solve them using power series centered at the origin.

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1.

ODEs: Power series solutions and special


functions I.

1. Calculate the Taylors series in the origin for the following functions:
a) f (x) = sin (x)
b) f (x) = cos (x)
c) f (x) = ex
d) f (x) = ex
e) f (x) = ln (1 + x)
f) f (x) = ln (1 x)
g) f (x) =
h) f (x) =

1
1x
1
1+x

2. Check that the following equalities hold:

a)

an (x 1)n+1 =

b)

n(n 1)an xn2 =


c)

an x

n+2

n=0

d)

n=k

(n + 2)(n + 1)an+2 xn

n=0

n=2

an1 (x 1)n

n=1

n=0

an2 xn

n=2

an+m xn+p =

an+m+p xn+p+k ;

x>0

n=0

where p is constant and k, m are two given integer numbers.

e)

X
X
X
n+r2
n+r1
2
(n+r)(n+r1)an x
+x
(n+r)an x
+x
an xn+r =
n=0

n=0

n=0

X
[r(r 1) + r] a0 xr +[(r+1)r+(r+1)]a1 xr+1 +
[(n + r)(n + r 1)an +
n=2

(n + r)an + an2 ] xn+r ;

x > 0,

where , and r are given constants.


3. Calculate the coefficients an such that the following equation is satisfied:

n n1

na x

+2

n=1

an x n = 0

n=0

Identify the function represented by the series:

an x n

n=0

4. Calculate the convergence radius of the following series:


a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)

n=1
P
n=0
P
n=0
P
n=0
P
n=1

xn
n

nxn
xn n
x
n!
n! n
x
nn
n!
(x
nn

(n!)2
n=1 nn (x
P (x+5)n
n=1 n(n+1)

2)n .

2)n

5. Solve the following ODEs using power series centered at the origin:
a) y 00 y = 0.
b) y 00 xy 0 y = 0.
c) y 00 xy 0 y = 0, y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1.
d) y 00 + k 2 x2 y = 0,

being k a real positive constant.

e) (1 x)y 00 + y = 0.
f) (2 + x2 )y 00 xy 0 + 4y = 0.

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