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MATH 2352 Problem Sheet 01

by Xiaoyu Wei

1.2: 2c, 3, 7
1.3: 1-6, 18, 20, 21-24
2.1: 6, 8, 16

1.2 - 2 - c. Solve the following initial value problems and plot the solutions for several values
of y0.

dy /dt=2y −6, y(0)= y0.

1.2 - 3. Consider the differential equation

dy /dt=−a y +b,

where both a and b are positive numbers.


(a) Find the general solution of the differential equation.
(b) Sketch the solution for several different initial conditions.
(c) Describe how the solutions change under each of the following conditions:
i. a increases.
ii. b increases.
iii. Both a and b increase, but the ratio b/a remains the same.

1.2 - 7. The field mouse population in Example 1 satisfies the differential equation

dp/dt=0.5p−450.

(a) Find the time at which the population becomes extinct if p(0)=800.
(b) Find the time of extinction if p(0)= p0, where 0< p0 <900.
(c) Find the initial population p0 if the population is to become extinct in 1 year.

1.3 - (1~6). In each of Problems 1 through 6, determine the order of the given differential equation;
also state whether the equation is linear or nonlinear.
d2 y dy d2 y dy
1. t2 dt2
+t dt
+ 3 y = sin t 2. (1 + y 2) dt2
+t dt
+ y = et

d4 y d3 y d2 y dy dy
3. dt4
+ dt3
+ dt2
+ dt
+ y=1 4. dt
+ t y3 = 0

d2 y d3 y dy
5. dt2
+ cos(t + y) = sin t 6. dt3
+t dt
+ (sin2t) y = t3

1
1.3 - 18. Determine the values of r for which the given differential equation has solutions of the
form y =ert.

y ′′′ − 4 y ′′ + 3 y ′ = 0.

1.3 - 20. Determine the values of r for which the given differential equation has solutions of the
form y =tr for t>0.

t2 y ′′ − 4 t y ′ + 6 y = 0.

1.3 - (21~24). In each of Problems 21 through 24, determine the order of the given partial
differential equation; also state whether the equation is linear or nonlinear. Partial derivatives are
denoted by subscripts.
21. uxx + u y y + uzz = 0 22. uxx + u yy + u ux + u y + u = 0

23. uxx xx + 4 uxx yy + u yy yy = 0 24. ut + u ux = 4 + uxx

2.1 - (6,8). For equation

t y ′ + 2y = 2 sin t, t > 0.

And

(1 + t2) y ′ + 4 t y = (1 + t2)−2

(a) Draw a direction field for the given differential equation.


(b) Based on an inspection of the direction field, describe how solutions behave for large t.
(c) Find the general solution of the given differential equation, and use it to determine how
solutions behave as t → ∞.

2.1 - 16. Find the solution of the given initial value problem:

3 cos t
y′ + y= 3 , y(π) = 0, t > 0.
t t

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