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1. This document contains tutorial problems on ordinary differential equations including: - Finding the radius of convergence of a power series. - Expressing logarithm and arctangent functions as power series. - Expressing solutions to homogeneous differential equations as power series. 2. It also involves determining the nature of singular points, verifying recursion formulas, finding indicial equations and their roots, and calculating Frobenius series solutions. 3. Several problems involve obtaining power series solutions to given differential equations and justifying the answers.

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Tutorial 3

1. This document contains tutorial problems on ordinary differential equations including: - Finding the radius of convergence of a power series. - Expressing logarithm and arctangent functions as power series. - Expressing solutions to homogeneous differential equations as power series. 2. It also involves determining the nature of singular points, verifying recursion formulas, finding indicial equations and their roots, and calculating Frobenius series solutions. 3. Several problems involve obtaining power series solutions to given differential equations and justifying the answers.

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Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

MA-513 (Ordinary Differential Equations)


Tutorial-3
P∞ (x−4)n
1. (a) Find the radius of convergence of the series n=0 n2n
1−xn+1
(b) Using the fact that 1 + x + x2 + · · · + xn = 1−x , if x 6=
1,
show that
x2 x3 x4
log(1 + x) = x − + − + ···
2 3 4
and
x3 x5 x7
tan−1 x = x − + − + ···
3 5 7
for |x| < 1.
2. Suppose
∞
X
y= an xn
n=0
on an open interval I that contains the origin. Express
(2 − x)y 00 + 2y
as a power series in x on I and give the necessary and sufficient conditions on the
coefficients an for y to be a solution of the homogeneous equation on I.
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3. Express sin−1 x in the form of a power series y = ∞ n 0
P
n=0 an x by solving y = (1−x) .
Use this result to obtain the formula for π6 .
4. Determine the nature of the points x = 0 and x = 1 for the following equations:
(a) (x2 − 1)y 00 + xy 0 − y = 0;
(b) x(x − 1)3 y 00 + 2(x − 1)2 y 0 + 3y = 0;
(c) (x − 1)(x + 2)y 00 + x2 y 0 + xy = 0.
5. Verify that the equation (x2 − 1)y 00 + 3xy 0 + xy = 0 has a four - term recursion formula
and find its series solution y(x) such that y(2) = 4, y 0 (2) = 6.
6. Find the indicial equation and its roots for each of the following differential equations:
(a) 9x(1 − x)y 00 − 12y 0 + 4y = 0;
(b) x3 y 00 + (cos 2x − 1)y 0 + 2xy = 0.
7. Calculate two independent Frobenius series solutions for the following equations:
(a) 2x2 y 00 + xy 0 + (x2 − 1)y = 0:
(b) (x − x2 )y 00 + (1 − 5x)y 0 − 4y = 0.
8. Obtain the power series solution for the differential equation
x2 y 00 + (3x − 1)y 0 + y = 0
in powers of x. Justify your answer.

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