Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH215/December 2013/Question 01 (b)
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Question 01 (b) |
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Find the form (but not the values of the coefficients!) of a particular solution of the nonhomogeneous ODE |
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Hint 1 |
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First things first: what's the homogeneous solution? |
Hint 2 |
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Now that we know the forcing term is not appearing in the homogeneous solution, what sort of guess would you take for a forcing term that's a first degree polynomial times a sinusoidal function? |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. We first need to find the homogeneous solution. The characteristic polynomial has roots and hence the homogeneous solution is a linear combination of and . No such terms appear in the forcing function. The forcing function is a degree one polynomial times a sinusoidal function. We thus would guess a particular solution of form . |