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Homework Assignment 3 in Differential Equations, MATH308

due to Feb 15, 2012


Topics covered : exact equations; solutions of linear homogeneous equations of second order, Wron-
skian; linear homogeneous equations of second order with constant coefficient: the case of two distinct
real roots of the characteristic polynomial (corresponds to sections 2.6, 3.2, and 3.1 in the textbook).

dy
1. (a) Determine whether the differential equation (2 − 9xy 2 )x + (4y 2 − 6x3 )y = 0 is exact. If it
dx
is exact, find the general solution;
(b) Find the values of parameters a and b for which the differential equation
1
(ax2 y + y 3 ) dx + ( x3 + bxy 2 ) dy = 0
3
is exact, and then solve it in the case of those values of a and b.
(c) Show that the differential equation (x2 + y 2 + x) dx + y dy = 0 is not exact but becomes exact
1
when multiplied by the integrating factor µ(x, y) = 2 . Then solve the equation.
x + y2
2. (a) Find the general solution of differential equation y 00 + y 0 − 6y = 0;
(b) Find the solution of the same equation satisfying the initial condition y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = α.
Then find α so that the solution approaches zero as t → +∞.
(c) Consider the differential equation
y 00 − 2βy 0 + (β 2 − 1)y = 0.
(here β is a parameter). Determine the values of β, if any, for which all solutions tend to zero
as t → ∞; also determine the values of β, if any, for which all (nonzero) solutions become
unbounded as t → +∞.
3. (a) Find the Wronskian of the functions e−3t cos(2t) and e−3t sin(2t);
(b) Consider the differential equation
t2 y 00 − 3ty 0 + 3y = 0, t>0 (1)
Verify that y1 (t) = t and y1 (t) = t3 are solutions of this equation. Then prove, using the
notion of Wronskian, that y(t) = c1 t + c2 t3 is the general solution of this equation (on t > 0).
(c) If W (f, g) is the Wronskian of functions f and g and if u = 3f − 4g, v = 2f + 3g, find the
Wronskian W (u, v) of u and v in terms of W (f, g)
4. (bonus-20 points) Read the formulation and the proof of Theorem 3.2.6 on the page 153 (Abel’s
Theorem). Then using this theorem:
(a) Find the Wronskian of two solutions of the equation
t2 y 00 + t(t − 3)y 0 + t3 y = 0
without solving the equation;
(b) If y1 and y2 are fundamental set of solutions of ty 00 − 5y 0 + sin t y = 0 and if W (y1 , y2 )(2) = 2,
find the value of W (y1 , y2 )(3).

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