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Department of University of
Mathematics Bahrain

Final exam
Differntial Equations
Maths 205
Second Semester 2010/2011

‫‏‬Date: 24th July 2011

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 Instructions

1. Please check that this test has 5 Questions and 9 Pages.

2. Write your name, student number, and section in the box above.
3. Show all your work clearly and neatly.

Question 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Max mark 4,4,4,4 4,4 2,3,5 2,4 10 40+(10 BONUS)
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Question 1:
a) Solve the initial value problem
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dy
1 2y y(1)  1
dx

b) Find the general solution of the differential equation

xy'3 y  x 3

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c) Find the general solution of the differential equation

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2 y' '7 y'3 y  0

d) Find the general solution of the differential equation

y ( 4)  4 y' '4 y  0
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Question2:
a) Find the general solution of the differential equation
x y' ' '2 x y' ' xy' y  0
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b) Find the general solution of xy''( x  1) y' y  x if the homogeneous solution is given by
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y  c1 ( x  1)  c2e x
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Question 3:

a) Find the differential equation for the solution y  e cx

b) Find the Laplace Transform of f ( t )  t 2 sin 5t

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c) Solve the following differential equation using Laplace’s Transform

y'' ( t )  2 y' ( t )  3 y( t )  e  t y(0)  0, y' (0)  1

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Question 4:

a) Find the Wronskian of the set of functions {sin x , cos x }

b) If the Wronskian of f and g is cosh x  sinh x , and

u  f  2g , v  f  g , find Wronskian of u and v .

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Question 5: (Bonus Question)

a) Consider the DE,

y'' a( x ) y  0 (1)

and let{ y1 , y2 } be the fundamental set.

Define Z  y1 y 2 , show that Z satisfies the third-order DE,
Z '''4a( x ) Z '2a' ( x ) Z  0 (2)
Deduce that the fundamental set for (2) is given by { y12 , y1 y 2 , y2 2 } .

b) Use part (a) only to solve the DE

Z '''8 x  2 Z '8 x 3 Z  0 ( x  0)

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Table of Laplace transforms:

f ( x) F (s )  &  f ( t )s  Domain of F (s )

c c s0
s
t n , n  1,2,3... n! s0
s n1
e at 1 sa
sa
e at t n , n  1,2,3,.. n! sa
( s  a )n  1
cos bt s s0
s2  b2
sin bt b s0
s2  b2
e at cos bt sa sa
( s  a )2  b 2
e at sin bt b sa
( s  a )2  b 2
cosh bt

sinh bt
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s2  b2
s b

s b
s b
2 2

Properties of Laplace:
& c1 f1  c 2 f 2   c1 &  f1 + c1 &  f 2 
e at f (t )( s)  F ( s  a) for s  a.
&  f '( s )  s &  f   f (0)
&  f ' '( s )  s 2 &  f   sf (0)  f ' (0)

&  f ' ' '( s )  s 3 &  f   s 2 f (0)  sf ' (0)  f ' ' (0)

 
& f ( n) ( s )  s n &  f   s n1 f (0)  s n 2 f ' (0)  s n3 f ' ' (0).........  f ( n1) (0)
dn
ds n
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&  f ( t )  ( 1)n & t n f (t ) 

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