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The document discusses existence and uniqueness results for first-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs). It defines ODEs and initial value problems (IVPs), and presents Peano's theorem which guarantees existence of a solution and Picard's theorem which guarantees uniqueness of the solution under certain conditions like continuity and Lipschitz conditions. Examples are provided to illustrate that an IVP may have no solution, a unique solution, or multiple solutions.

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Lec 1 MA102

The document discusses existence and uniqueness results for first-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs). It defines ODEs and initial value problems (IVPs), and presents Peano's theorem which guarantees existence of a solution and Picard's theorem which guarantees uniqueness of the solution under certain conditions like continuity and Lipschitz conditions. Examples are provided to illustrate that an IVP may have no solution, a unique solution, or multiple solutions.

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Basic Definitions, Existence and Uniqueness


Results for First-Order IVP

Department of Mathematics
IIT Guwahati

SU/KSK MA-102 (2018)


First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Texts/References:

1 S. L. Ross, Differential Equations, John Wiley & Son Inc,


2004.
2 W. E. Boyce and R. C. Diprima, Elementary Differential

Equations and Boundary Value Problems, John Wiley &


Son, 2001.
3 E. A. Coddington, An Introduction to Ordinary Differential

Equations, Prentice Hall India, 1995.


4 E. L. Ince, Ordinary Differential Equations, Dover
Publications, 1958.
5 Dennis G. Zill and Michael R. Cullen, Differential

equations with boundary value problems

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Definition: An equation involving derivatives of one or more


dependent variables with respect to one or more independent
variables is said to be a differential equation(DE).

Definition: A DE involving ordinary derivatives of one or more


dependent variables w.r.t a single independent variable is
called an ordinary differential equation(ODE).

A general form of the nth order ODE:


F (x, y(x), y ′ (x), y ′′ (x), · · · , y (n) (x)) = 0, (1)
d2 y dn y
where y ′ (x) = dy
dx
, y ′′ (x) = dx2
,··· , y (n) (x) = dxn
.

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

• The order of a DE is the order of the highest derivative


that occurs in the equation.
• The degree of a DE is the power of the highest order
derivative occurring in the differential equation.
• Eq. (1) is linear if F is linear in y, y ′ , y ′′ , . . . , y (n) , with
coefficients depending on the independent variable x. Eq.
(1) is called nonlinear if it is not linear.
Examples:
• y ′′ (x) + 3y ′ (x) + xy(x) = 0
(second-order, first-degree, linear)
• y (x) + 3y(x)y ′ (x) + xy(x) = 0
′′

(second-order, first-degree, nonlinear)


′′ ′
• (y (x)) + 3y (x) + xy 2 (x) = 0
2

(second-order, second-degree, nonlinear)

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Definition: A DE involving partial derivatives of one or more


dependent variables w.r.t more than one independent variable
is called a partial differential equation(PDE).
A PDE for a function u(x1 , x2 , . . . , xn ) (n ≥ 2) is a relation of
the form
F (x1 , x2 , . . . , xn , u, ux1 , ux2 , . . . , ux1 x1 , ux1 x2 , . . . , ) = 0, (2)
where F is a given function of the independent variables
x1 , x2 , . . . , xn , and of the unknown function u and of a finite
number of its partial derivatives.
Examples:
• x ∂u
∂x
+ y ∂u ∂y
= 0 (first-order equation)
∂2u ∂2u
• ∂x2
+ ∂y 2
= 0 (second-order equation)
We shall consider only ODE.

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Definition: A function ϕ(x) ∈ C n ((a, b)) that satisfies

F (x, ϕ(x), ϕ′ (x), ϕ′′ (x), · · · , ϕn (x)) = 0, x ∈ (a, b)


is called an explicit solution to the equation on (a, b).

Example: ϕ(x) = x2 − x−1 is an explicit solution to


y
y ′′ (x) − 2 = 0.
x2
Note that ϕ(x) is an explicit solution on (−∞, 0) and also on
(0, ∞).

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Definition: (Initial Value Problem)


Find a solution y(x) ∈ C n ((a, b)) that satisfies
F (x, y, y ′ (x), · · · , y (n) (x)) = 0, x ∈ (a, b)
and the n initial conditions(IC)

y(x0 ) = y0 , y ′ (x0 ) = y1 , · · · , y (n−1) (x0 ) = yn−1 ,


where x0 ∈ (a, b) and y0 , y1 , . . . , yn−1 are given constants.
First-order IVP: F (x, y, y ′ (x)) = 0, y(x0 ) = y0 .
Second-order IVP: F (x, y, y ′ (x), y ′′ (x)) = 0,
y(x0 ) = y0 , y ′ (x0 ) = y1 .
Example: The function ϕ(x) = sin x − cos x is a solution to
IVP: y ′′ (x) + y(x) = 0, y(0) = −1, y ′ (0) = 1. on R.

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Consider the following IVPs:


|y ′ | + 2|y| = 0, y(0) = 1 (no solution).

1
y ′ (x) = x, y(0) = 1 (a unique solution y = x2 + 1).
2

xy ′ (x) = y − 1, y(0) = 1 (many solutions y = 1 + cx).


Observation:
Thus, an IVP

F (x, y, y ′ ) = 0, y(x0 ) = y0

may have none, precisely one, or more than one solution.

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Well-posed IVP

An IVP is said to be well-posed if


• it has a solution,
• the solution is unique and,
• the solution is continuously depends on the initial data y0
and f .

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Theorem(Peano’s Theorem):
Let R : |x − x0 | ≤ a, |y − y0 | ≤ b be a rectangle. If
f ∈ C(R) then the IVP

y ′ (x) = f (x, y), y(x0 ) = y0


has at least one solution y(x). This solution is defined for all x
in the interval |x − x0 | ≤ h, where
b
h = min{a, }, K = max |f (x, y)|.
K (x,y)∈R

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Example: Let R : |x − 0| ≤ 3, |y − 0| ≤ 3 be a rectangle. Let


f (x, y) = xy. Then f ∈ C(R). Then the IVP

y ′ (x) = f (x, y), y(0) = 0

has at least one solution y(x). This solution is defined for all x in the
interval |x − 0| ≤ h, where
3
h = min{3, }, K = max |xy|.
K (x,y)∈R

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Theorem(Picard’s Theorem):
Let f ∈ C(R) and satisfy the Lipschitz condition with respect
to y in R, i.e., there exists a number L such that

|f (x, y2 ) − f (x, y1 )| ≤ L|y2 − y1 | ∀(x, y1 ), (x, y2 ) ∈ R.


Then, the IVP
y ′ (x) = f (x, y), y(x0 ) = y0
has a unique solution y(x). This solution is defined for all x in
the interval |x − x0 | ≤ h, where
b
h = min{a, }, K = max |f (x, y)|
K (x,y)∈R

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First-Order ODE: Existence and Uniqueness Results

Example: Consider the IVP:


y ′ (x) = |y|, y(1) = 1.
f (x, y) = |y| is continuous and satisfies Lipschitz condition
w.r.t y in every domain R of the xy-plane. The point (1, 1)
certainly lies in some such domain R. The IVP has a unique
solution ϕ defined on some |x − 1| ≤ h about x0 = 1.
Corollary to Picard’s Theorem:
Let f , ∂f
∂y
∈ C(R). Then the IVP

y ′ (x) = f (x, y), y(x0 ) = y0


has a unique solution y(x). This solution is defined for all x in
the interval |x − x0 | ≤ h, where
b
h = min{a, }, K = max |f (x, y)|.
K (x,y)∈R

SU/KSK MA-102 (2018)

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