Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design

& Manufacturing, Kancheepuram

Differential Equations (MA1001)
Date: July 14, 2021

Timing: 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM Final Examination Max mark: 20

Instructions

• Read the questions here and answer on google form.

• Each question may have multiple correct answers, select all possible answers.

• Zero credit for the questions have partially correct answers.

1. Consider the initial-value problem y 00 + yy 0 = 0, y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = −1. The solution of

the IVP is determined by finding the constant parameter c1 = and c2 =
, and then the interval of definition of the solution is . (2)

2. Select the all possible true statements from the following (2)
 
0 −1 −1
(a) The general solution of the non-homogeneous linear system X = X+
      −1 1
1 2 4 −1
t + t+ on the interval (−∞, ∞) is
1 −6 5
  √  √  √      
1√ 1 − 2 1 −2 1
X= e 2t + e− 2 t + t2 + t+
−1 − 2 1 0 4 0
(b) Let Xp be a fixed particular solution to the non-homogeneous system

X0 = A(t)X + F(t)

on an interval I, then αXp is also a solution to the system when α ∈ R.

(c) The second order differential equation x00 +tx0 +x = sin t and x(0) = 1, x0 (0) = 2
is transformed a first order linear system

X0 = A(t)X + F(t)
   
1 0 1
with X(0) = where the coefficient matrix A(t) = has a unique
2 −1 t
represantation.
 
0 1
(d) Let A = , then eAt is also a matrix of size 2 × 2 such that there will be
0 0
at least one zero entry for any t ∈ [−2, 2] .
(e) None of the above.

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3. Consider the initial-value problem, X0 = AX and (2)
   
0 0 1 0 0
 1 −10 0 4 0
X(0) =  0 , for a given A =  0
  ,
0 0 1
−1 4 0 −4 0
(a) The equivalent system of second order ODE is given by
00 0
x1 = −10x1 + 4x2 , x1 (0) = 0, x1 (0) = 1
00 0
x2 = 4x1 − 4x2 , x2 (0) = 0, x2 (0) = −1

(b) The real solution to the linear first order system has Four Linearly Independent
solutions and non of them have exponential terms.
(c) The real solution to the linear first order system has Four Linearly Independent
solutions in terms of the
√ trigonometric
√ functions sin βt and cos βt such that β
has exactly two values 2 and 2 3.
(d) The real solution to the linear first order system has Four Linearly Independent
solutions with four constant coefficients are c1 = − 25 , c2 = 0, c3 = − 53 and
c4 = 0.
(e) None of the above.

4. Select the true statement from the following (2)

(a) The solution exist for the initial-value problem y 00 + x2 y = 0, y(0) = 0 and
y 0 (0) = 0 but not unique.
(b) For the method of undetermined coefficients, the assumed form of the particular
solution yp for y 00 − y = 1 + ex is A + Bex .
(c) If the set consisting of two functions f1 and f2 is linearly independent on an
interval I, then the Wronskian W (f1 , f2 ) 6= 0 for all x in I.
q
(d) The third order differential equation y = 1 + (y 00 )2 can be transformed to a
000

first order ODE and the general solution contains a cosh(·) function.
(e) None of the above.

5. Let p(x) be a real continuous real-valued function on R and let y be a solution of the
differential equation. (2)

d2 y dy
+ p(x) −y =0 (A)
dx2 dx
(a) The solution y(x) such that y(a) = 0, then y ≡ 0.
(b) The solution y(x) has two points a and b such that y(a) = y(b) = 0, then y ≡ 0..
(c) The solution y(x) has three points a, b and c such that y(a) = y(b) = y(c) = 0,
then y ≡ 0.
(d) There exist a function p(x) such that the solution of (A) is not unique.

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 (e) None of the above.

6. Select the all possible true statements given bellow. (2)

   
1 1
(a) If f (x) is any function of x, then F (D) xf (x) = x F (D) f (x).
(b) The particular solution of the differential equation: (D2 + 2)y = x2 e3x is given
by yp (x) = αe3x (x2 − α12x + 50α2 ), where α = 1/11.
(c) The differential equation x2 (y − xy 0 ) = y(y 0 )2 can be re-arranged to obtain the
Clairaut form.
(d) If p(x, y)dy +q(x, y)dx = 0 is any differential in the form f (xy)xdy +g(xy)ydx =
∂p ∂q 1
0 with 6= and qx − py 6= 0, then µ(x, y) = .
∂x ∂y qx − py
(e) None of the above.

7. Select the all possible true statements from the following. (2)
1
(a) The Fourier series of the function f (x) = 2 cos2 (x) + has only finitely many
2
terms.
(b) The Fourier series of the above function in (a) has infinitely many terms.
∞  nπx  2L
, where bn = (−1)n+1 ; and f (x) = x in [0, L],
P
(c) Let F (x) = bn sin
n=1 L nπ
then L L
F =
2 2
L P ∞  nπ 
(d) F = bn sin , where the function F (x) is defined in (c).
2 n=1 2
(e) None of the above.

8. The partial sum of the saw-tooth wave (2)

(
1 + 2x, if − 1 < x < 0
f (x) =
1 − 2x, if 0 < x < 1

of order 3 and order 5 are respectively:

8 P2 1
8 P 4 1

(a) 2 2
cos (2n + 1)πx and cos (2n + 1)πx .
π n=0 (2n + 1) π n=0 (2n + 1)2
2

8 P3 1
8 P 5 1

(b) 2 cos (2n + 1)πx and cos (2n + 1)πx
π n=1 (2n + 1)2 π n=1 (2n + 1)2
2

8 P1 1
8 P 5 1

(c) 2 cos (2n + 1)πx and cos (2n + 1)πx
π n=0 (2n + 1)2 π 2 n=1 (2n + 1)2
8 P1 1
8 P 2 1

(d) 2 2
cos (2n + 1)πx and cos (2n + 1)πx
π n=0 (2n + 1) π n=0 (2n + 1)2
2

(e) None of the above.

9. Select the all possible true statements from the following. (2)

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 d2
(a) [L f (t) − L (t2 f (t))] 6= 0.
ds2
d
(b) If L [f (t)] = φ(s), then L [tf (t)] = [φ(s)].
ds
(c) Laplace transform of f (t) is defined for +ve and −ve values of t.
(d) L −1 (1/sn ) is possible only when n is non negative.
(e) None of the above.

10. Select the all possible true statements from the following. (2)
−st
 
51e 51 51t
(a) L −1 −sT
− 2
= f (t), where f (t) = , for 0 < t < T, f (t + T ) =
s(1 − e ) T s T
f (t).
 
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(b) L −1 = f (t), where f (t) = [t] and [·] stands for the greatest integer
s(es − 1)
function.
(c) The differential equation

tD2 y + (1 − 2t)Dy − 2y = 0, y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 2,

can reduce to the algebric equation of the form

dȳ 1
− + ds = 0,
ȳ s−2

where ȳ = L (y).
(d) The differential equation

tD2 y + (1 − 2t)Dy − 2y = 0, y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 2,

can reduce to the algebric equation of the form

dȳ 2
+ ds = 0, where ȳ = L (y).
ȳ s−2

(e) None of the above.

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