Oh, okay! I was pondering why your RHS was the way it was. But can you help me with getting the equation into a form where I can the general solution? I REALLY need a hint to get me on the right track. I am sure I can solve for the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions myself, it's just been getting...
I haven't even got the general ODE and that's what I have been having problems with. I have absolutely no idea how to obtain it :'(
I know it should be easy but for the life of me, I can't do it
But can anyone help me with this question? I've been working on it for 5 hours straight and still I can't a solution! This question is just so much harder than ones I have handled previously!
Okay, what I did was (sorry I did skip a few steps):
LHS = -(1+x^2)y''-2xy'-(\lambda \frac{1}{1 + x^2}) y=0
I then multiplied through by (1+x^2)
((1+x^{2})^{2})y''+2x(1+x^{2}) + \lambda y =0
Now, I understand how you got the left hand side of the equation you gave, I am a little...
Homework Statement
Evaluate and find the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for:
-\frac{d}{dx}[(1+x^{2})\frac{dy}{dx}]=\lambda\frac{1}{1+x^{2}}y}
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The Attempt at a Solution
Okay, what I did was to expand the given equation to get:
((1+x^{2})^{2})y''+2x(1+x^{2})y' + \lambda y...
Consider the BVP
y''+4y=f(x) (0\leqx\leq1)
y(0)=0 y'(1)=0
Find the Green's function (two-sided) for this problem.
Working: So firstly, I let y(x)=Asin2x+Bcos2x
Then using the boundary conditions,
Asin(2.0)+Bcos(2.0)=0 => B=0
y'(x)=2Acos(2x)-2Asin(2x)
y'(0)=2A=0...
Homework Statement
p(D) is a polynomial D operator of degree n>m. Suppose a is a m fold root of p(t)=0, but not a (m+1) fold root.
Verify that \frac{1}{p(D)}e^{at}=\frac{1}{p^{(m)}(a)}t^me^{at}
where p^{(m)}(t) is the m^{th} derivative of p(t).Homework Equations
For this question, we were...
Homework Statement
Find the solution for
L[y]=H(t-pi/2)sint=q(t)
y(0)=0
by using the Green's function.
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The Attempt at a Solution
My problem is that I'm stuck with how to get the Heaviside into the required general solution. Is it anything to do with the fact that the...
Homework Statement
Give the general solution to the IVP
L[y]=y'+(sint)y=\delta(t-\tau)
y(0)=0
For all t>0 by placing a jump condition on y(t) and solving the differential equation for t<\tau and t>\tau
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The Attempt at a Solution
I'm plenty sure I can get the...