Answers MAT578/APR 2006

1.

b)
d)

2.

a)

b)

regular singular points x = 1, 1

1
1

y 2 = e x ln x x + x 2 x 3 + ...
18
4

x 2 x 4 7 x6

+ ... ; choose ao = 1
2 8 240
x3 x5
x7
y2 = x + + +
+ ... ; choose ao = 1
6 24 112
m( m + 1 )x 2 m( m 2 )( m + 1 )( m + 3 ) x 4

y1 = ao 1
+
+ ...
2
4

3
( m 1 )( m + 2 )x ( m 3 )( m 1 )( m + 2 )( m + 4 ) x 5

y 2 = a1 x
+
+ ...
3!
4

1
P5 = (63 x 5 70 x 3 + 15 x )
8
y1 = 1

y
3.

a)

2 ++
2 +

b)

ao =

2 2
,
3

f(x) =
c)

+
2

an =

+
2

4
( 1 ) n ,
2
n

bn =

+
3

2( 1 ) n +1
n

4
2( 1 ) n +1
2
+ 2 ( 1 ) cos nx +
sin nx
3
n
n =1 n

8n
sin 2 n x
2
n = 1 ( 4n 1 )

f ( x )=

a)

a)

8s 2
6s
2
2
( s + 9 ) ( s + 9 )2

b)

(i)

b)

1
( 1 t ) sin 2t
2

f ( t ) = 2 ( t )U ( t 4 ) + ( te t 2 + t )U ( t 8 )

Answers MAT578/APR 2006

2 e 4 s 4 e 4 s
e 8 8 s
8 e 8 s + 8 e 8 s 6 e 8 s
(ii) F ( s ) = 2 +
+
+
+ 2 +
s s
s
s 1
s
( s 1 )2
s

c)

t 3

y = e t + 6 t + 4
2