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8.3.1: Series Solutions About an Ordinary Point (Exercises)

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    In Exercises 1-11 find the series in \(x\) for the general solution.

    1. \((1+x^2)y''+6xy'+6y=0\)

    2. \((1+x^2)y''+2xy'-2y=0\)

    3. \((1+x^2)y''-8xy'+20y=0\)

    4. \((1-x^2)y''-8xy'-12y=0\)

    5. \((1+x^2)y''-10xy'+28y=0\)

    6. \(y''-xy=0\)

    7. \(y''-2xy'+y=0\)

    8. \(y''+x^2y'+xy=0\)

    9. \((x-1)y''+y'=0\)

    10. \(y''-(x+1)y'-y=0\)

    11. \((x^2+2)y''+3xy'-y=0\)

    In Exercises 12-23 find the power series solution \(y=\sum _{n=0}^{\infty} a_{n}x^{n}\) of the initial value problem.

    12. \((1+x^2)y''+xy'+y=0,\quad y(0)=2,\quad y'(0)=-1\)

    13. \((1+2x^2)y''-9xy'-6y=0,\quad y(0)=1,\quad y'(0)=-1\)

    14. \((1+8x^2)y''+2y=0,\quad y(0)=2,\quad y'(0)=-1\)

    15. \((1+3x)y''+xy'+2y=0,\quad y(0)=2,\quad y'(0)=-3\)

    16. \((1+x+2x^2)y''+(2+8x)y'+4y=0,\quad y(0)=-1,\quad y'(0)=2\)

    17. \((1-2x^2)y''+(2-6x)y'-2y=0,\quad y(0)=1,\quad y'(0)=0\)

    18. \((1+x+3x^2)y''+(2+15x)y'+12y=0,\quad y(0)=0,\quad y'(0)=1\)

    19. \((2+x)y''+(1+x)y'+3y=0,\quad y(0)=4,\quad y'(0)=3\)

    20. \((3+3x+x^2)y''+(6+4x)y'+2y=0,\quad y(0)=7,\quad y'(0)=3\)

    21. \((4+x)y''+(2+x)y'+2y=0,\quad y(0)=2,\quad y'(0)=5\)

    22. \((x-1)y''-xy'+y=0,\quad y(0)=-2,\quad y'(0)=6\)

    23. \(y''-2xy'+8y=0,\quad y(0)=3,\quad y'(0)=0\)

    In Exercises 24 and 25 find the power series in \(x-x_{0}\) for the general solution.

    24. \(y''-y=0;\quad x_0=3\)

    25. \((11-8x+2x^2)y''-16(x-2)y'+36y=0;\quad x_0=2\)

    In Exercises 26-63 find the power series solution \(y=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} a_{n}(x-x_{0})^{n}\) for the solution of the initial value problem. Take \(x_{0}\) to be the point where the initial conditions are imposed.

    26. \((x^2-4)y''-xy'-3y=0,\quad y(0)=-1,\quad y'(0)=2\)

    27. \(y''+(x-3)y'+3y=0,\quad y(3)=-2,\quad y'(3)=3\)

    28. \((5-6x+3x^2)y''+(x-1)y'+12y=0,\quad y(1)=-1,\quad y'(1)=1\)

    29. \((4x^2-24x+37)y''+y=0,\quad y(3)=4,\quad y'(3)=-6\)

    30. \((x^2-8x+14)y''-8(x-4)y'+20y=0,\quad y(4)=3,\quad y'(4)=-4\)

    31. \((2x^2+4x+5)y''-20(x+1)y'+60y=0,\quad y(-1)=3,\quad y'(-1)=-3\)

    32. \((2-3x+2x^2)y''-(4-6x)y'+2y=0,\quad y(1)=1,\quad y'(1)=-1\)

    33. \((3x+2x^2)y''+10(1+x)y'+8y=0,\quad y(-1)=1,\quad y'(-1)=-1\)

    34. \((1-x+x^2)y''-(1-4x)y'+2y=0,\quad y(1)=2,\quad y'(1)=-1\)

    35. \((2+x)y''+(2+x)y'+y=0,\quad y(-1)=-2,\quad y'(-1)=3\)

    36. \(x^2y''-(6-7x)y'+8y=0,\quad y(1)=1,\quad y'(1)=-2\)

    37. \((2+4x)y''-4y'-(6+4x)y=0,\quad y(0)=2,\quad y'(0)=-7\)

    38. \((1+2x)y''-(1-2x)y'-(3-2x)y=0,\quad y(1)=1,\quad y'(1)=-2\)

    39. \((5+2x)y''-y'+(5+x)y=0,\quad y(-2)=2,\quad y'(-2)=-1\)

    40. \((4+x)y''-(4+2x)y'+(6+x)y=0,\quad y(-3)=2,\quad y'(-3)=-2\)

    41. \((2+3x)y''-xy'+2xy=0,\quad y(0)=-1,\quad y'(0)=2\)

    42. \((3+2x)y''+3y'-xy=0,\quad y(-1)=2,\quad y'(-1)=-3\)

    43. \((3+2x)y''-3y'-(2+x)y=0,\quad y(-2)=-2,\quad y'(-2)=3\)

    44. \((10-2x)y''+(1+x)y=0,\quad y(2)=2,\quad y'(2)=-4\)

    45. \((7+x)y''+(8+2x)y'+(5+x)y=0,\quad y(-4)=1,\quad y'(-4)=2\)

    46. \((6+4x)y''+(1+2x)y=0,\quad y(-1)=-1,\quad y'(-1)=2\)

    47. \(y''+2xy'+(3+2x^2)y=0,\quad y(0)=1,\quad y'(0)=-2\)

    48. \(y''-3xy'+(5+2x^2)y=0,\quad y(0)=1,\quad y'(0)=-2\)

    49. \(y''+5xy'-(3-x^2)y=0,\quad y(0)=6,\quad y'(0)=-2\)

    50. \(y''-2xy'-(2+3x^2)y=0,\quad y(0)=2,\quad y'(0)=-5\)

    51. \(y''-3xy'+(2+4x^2)y=0,\quad y(0)=3,\quad y'(0)=6\)

    52. \(2y''+5xy'+(4+2x^2)y=0,\quad y(0)=3,\quad y'(0)=-2\)

    53. \(3y''+2xy'+(4-x^2)y=0,\quad y(0)=-2,\quad y'(0)=3\)

    54. \((1+x)y''+x^2y'+(1+2x)y=0,\quad y(0)-2,\quad y'(0)=3\)

    55. \(y''+(1+2x+x^2)y'+2y=0,\quad y(0)=2,\quad y'(0)=3\)

    56. \((1+x^2)y''+(2+x^2)y'+xy=0,\quad y(0)=-3,\quad y'(0)=5\)

    57. \((1+x)y''+(1-3x+2x^2)y'-(x-4)y=0,\quad y(1)=-2,\quad y'(1)=3\)

    58. \(y''+(13+12x+3x^2)y'+(5+2x)y=0,\quad y(-2)=2,\quad y'(-2)=-3\)

    59. \((1+2x+3x^2)y''+(2-x^2)y'+(1+x)y=0,\quad y(0)=1,\quad y'(0)=-2\)

    60. \((3+4x+x^2)y''-(5+4x-x^2)y'-(2+x)y=0,\quad y(-2)=2,\quad y'(-2)=-1\)

    61. \((1+2x+x^2)y''+(1-x)y=0,\quad y(0)=2,\quad y'(0)=-1\)

    62. \((x-2x^2)y''+(1+3x-x^2)y'+(2+x)y=0,\quad y(1)=1,\quad y'(1)=0\)

    63. \((16-11x+2x^2)y''+(10-6x+x^2)y'-(2-x)y=0,\quad y(3)=1,\quad y'(3)=-2\)

    64. a. Find a power series in \(x\) for the general solution of \[(1+x^2)y''+4xy'+2y=0. \tag{A}\]
         b. Use (a) and the formula \[{1\over1-r}=1+r+r^2+\cdots+r^n+\cdots \quad(-1<r<1)\nonumber \] for the sum of a geometric series to find a closed form expression for
             the general solution of (A) on \((-1,1)\).
         c. Show that the expression obtained in (b) is actually the general solution of of (A) on \((-\infty,\infty)\).

    65. Find power series in \(x\) for the solutions \(y_1\) and \(y_2\) of \[y''+4xy'+(2+4x^2)y=0\nonumber \] such that \(y_1(0)=1\), \(y'_1(0)=0\), \(y_2(0)=0\), \(y'_2(0)=1\), and identify \(y_1\) and \(y_2\) in terms of familiar elementary functions.

    In Exercises 66 and 67 find the power series in \(x\) for the general solution.

    66. \(y''-xy=1\)

    67. \(y''+xy'-y=e^x\); where \(e^x=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} {x^n\over n!}\)


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