MMT-007

ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET
(Valid from 1st January, 2025 to 31st December, 2025)

M.Sc. (Mathematics with Applications in Computer Science)

School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi,
New Delhi-110068
(2025)
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 Assignment

Course Code: MMT-007

1. a) Solve the differential equation:

x 2 y′′ + 6 xy′ + (6 + x 2 ) y = 0

in series about x = 0. (6)

b) Express f ( x ) = x 4 + 3x 3 + 4 x 2 − x + 2 in terms of Legendre polynomials. (4)

2. a) Using method of Ferobenius, find the solution of the differential equation: (6)

d2y dy
x2 2
+ ( x + x 2 ) + ( x − 9) y = 0
dx dx

near x = 0.

b) Find: (2)

 s 
L−1  2 2
 (s + 4) 

c) Find L{F( t )}, if: (2)

  π π
sin  t − 4  , t > 4
F( t ) =   
 π
 0 , t<
4
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3. a) Find the Fourier transform of e −9 x . (4)

b) Find the solution of the heat conduction equation subject to the given initial and boundary
conditions: (6)

∂u ∂ 2 u
= , 0 ≤ x ≤1
∂t ∂x 2
u ( x ,0) = sin(πx ) for 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
u (0, t ) = 0 = u (1, t )

1 1
Using Laasonen method with λ = and h = . Integrate for two levels.
6 3

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4. a) Find the solution of the initial boundary value problem: (5)

∂u ∂ 2 u
=
∂t ∂x 2

subject to given initial and boundary conditions:

 1
u ( x ,0) = 2 x for x ∈ 0, 
 2

1 
and 2(1 − x ) for  , 1
2 

u (0, t ) = 0 = u (1, t ) .

You may use step length along x-axis, h = 0.2 and solve by Schmidt method with mesh ratio
1
λ= .
6

b) Show that the method. (5)

4 1 2h
y i+1 = y i − y i−1 + y i+1
3 3 3

is A-stable when applied to test equation y′ = λy, λ < 0.

5. a) Use Fourier transforms to solve the boundary value problem: (5)

∂u ∂ 2u
= 4 2 , − ∞ < x < ∞, t > 0
∂t ∂x

subject to the conditions:

∂u
i) u, → 0 as x → ± ∞
∂x
ii) u ( x , 0) = f ( x )

b) Solve the initial value problem y′ = x 2 + y 2 , y(0) = 1, upto x = 0.2 using third order Taylor
series method with h = 0.1. (5)

6. a) Using Laplace transform, solve the equation: (5)

∂ 2u ∂ 2u
= 9
∂t 2 ∂x 2
given that:
u (0, t ) = u (2, t ) = 0, u t ( x , 0) = 0
and u ( x , 0) = 10 sin 2πx − 20 sin 5πx.

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 b) Using second order finite difference method, solve the boundary value problem: (5)

d2y 3 2
= y with y(0) = 4, y(1) = 1
dx 2 2

1
Using step length h = .
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7. Find the solution of ∇ 2 u = 0 in R subject to the boundary conditions: (10)

u ( x , y) = x 2 − y 2 on x = 0, y = 0, y = 1;
∂u
u+ = x 2 + 2 x − y 2 on x = 1,
∂x

where R is the square 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, 0 ≤ y ≤ 1, using the five point formula. Use central difference
approximation in the boundary condition. Assume uniform step length h = 1 / 2 along the axes.

8. a) Use finite Fourier transform to solve: (6)

∂u ∂ 2u
= k 2 , 0 < x < 4, t > 0
∂t ∂x

Subject to the conditions:

u ( x ,0) = 2 x , 0 < x < 4

b) Solve the boundary value problem: (4)

y′′ + y + f ( x ) = 0
y′(0) = 0, y(1) = 0

by determining the appropriate Green’s function by using the method of variation of parameters
and expressing the solution as a definite intergral.

9. Solve the boundary value problem: (10)

y′′ − 3y′ + 2 y = 2

with

y(0) − y′(0) = −1
y(1) + y′(1) = 1

1
using the second order finite difference method with step length h = .
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10. a) Using the generating function J n ( x ), prove that J n −1 ( x ) + J n +1 ( x ) = J n ( x ), for integer values
x
of n. (5)

b) Evaluate: (5)

1
Pn ( x )

−1 1 − 2 xt + t 2
dx ,

where Pn ( x ) is Legendre polynomial.