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TUTORIAL - 13 - Series Solutions-New (1718)

This document provides examples and problems related to power series solutions of differential equations. It includes finding the radius and interval of convergence for power series, writing functions as power series, rewriting power series in terms of xk, verifying power series solutions to differential equations, finding power series solutions to differential equations, solving initial value problems using power series methods, determining singular points of differential equations, and finding indicial roots. The document contains numerous examples of applying power series techniques to solve differential equations.

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TUTORIAL - 13 - Series Solutions-New (1718)

This document provides examples and problems related to power series solutions of differential equations. It includes finding the radius and interval of convergence for power series, writing functions as power series, rewriting power series in terms of xk, verifying power series solutions to differential equations, finding power series solutions to differential equations, solving initial value problems using power series methods, determining singular points of differential equations, and finding indicial roots. The document contains numerous examples of applying power series techniques to solve differential equations.

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KIX 1001: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 1

Tutorial 13: Series Solutions

1. Find the radius convergence and interval of convergence for the given power series.
∞ ∞
2𝑛 (100)𝑛
𝑎. ∑ 𝑥𝑛 𝑏. ∑ (𝑥 + 7)𝑛
𝑛 𝑛!
𝑛=1 𝑛=0

∞ ∞
(−1)𝑘
𝑐. ∑ (𝑥 − 5)𝑘 𝑑. ∑ 𝑘! (𝑥 − 1)𝑘
10𝑘
𝑘=1 𝑘=0

2. Find the first four terms of a power series for the following functions given that they analytic
at x = 0.

1−𝑥
𝑎. 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 −𝑥 cos 𝑥 𝑏. 𝑓(𝑥) =
2+𝑥

3. Rewrite the given power series so that its general term involves xk.
∞ ∞
𝑛+2
𝑎. ∑ 𝑛𝑐𝑛 𝑥 𝑏. ∑(2𝑛 − 1)𝑐𝑛 𝑥 𝑛−3
𝑛=1 𝑛=3

4. Rewrite the given expression as a single power series whose general term involves xk.
∞ ∞
𝑛−1
𝑎. ∑ 2𝑛𝑐𝑛 𝑥 + ∑ 6𝑐𝑛 𝑥 𝑛+1
𝑛=1 𝑛=0

∞ ∞ ∞
𝑛 𝑛−2
𝑏. ∑ 𝑛(𝑛 − 1)𝑐𝑛 𝑥 + 2 ∑ 𝑛(𝑛 − 1)𝑐𝑛 𝑥 + 3 ∑ 𝑛𝑐𝑛 𝑥 𝑛
𝑛=2 𝑛=2 𝑛=1

5. Verify by direct substitution that the given power series is a particular solution of the given
differential equation.
∞
(−1)𝑛+1 𝑛
𝑎. 𝑦(𝑥) = ∑ 𝑥 , (𝑥 + 1)𝑦 ′′ + 𝑦 ′ = 0
𝑛
𝑛=1
∞
(−1)𝑛 2𝑛
𝑏. 𝑦(𝑥) = ∑ 𝑥 , 𝑥𝑦 ′′ + 𝑦 ′ + 𝑥𝑦 = 0
22𝑛 (𝑛!)2
𝑛=0

6. Find two power series solutions of given differential equation about the ordinary point x =0.

𝑎. 𝑦 ′′ − 𝑥𝑦 = 0

𝑏. (𝑥 − 1 )𝑦 ′′ + 𝑦′ = 0

𝑐. 𝑦 ′′ − (𝑥 + 1)𝑦 ′ − 𝑦 = 0

𝑑. 𝑦 ′′ + 𝑒 𝑥 𝑦 ′ − 𝑦 = 0

7. Use the power series method to solve the given initial-value problem.

𝑎. (𝑥 − 1) 𝑦 ′′ − 𝑥𝑦 ′ + 𝑦 = 0, 𝑦(0) = −2, 𝑦 ′ (0) = 6

𝑏. 𝑦 ′′ − 2𝑥𝑦 ′ + 8𝑦 = 0, 𝑦(0) = 3, 𝑦 ′ (0) = 0

𝑐. (𝑥 + 1) 𝑦 ′′ − (2 − 𝑥)𝑦 ′ + 𝑦 = 0, 𝑦(0) = 2, 𝑦 ′ (0) = −1

8. Determine the singular points of the given differential equation. Clasify each singular point
as regular or irregular.

𝑎. 𝑥 3 𝑦 ′′ + 4𝑥 2 𝑦 ′ + 3𝑦 = 0

𝑏. (𝑥 2 − 9)2 𝑦 ′′ + (𝑥 + 3)𝑦 ′ + 2𝑦 = 0

𝑐. (𝑥 3 + 4𝑥)𝑦 ′′ − 2𝑥𝑦 ′ + 6𝑦 = 0

𝑑. (𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 6)𝑦 ′′ + (𝑥 + 3)𝑦 ′ + (𝑥 − 2)𝑦 = 0

𝑒. (𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥)2 𝑦 ′′ + 𝑥(𝑥 − 3)2 𝑦 ′ − (𝑥 + 1)𝑦 = 0

9. Find the indicial roots for the given differential equations where x = 0 is a regular singular
point.

𝑎. 2𝑥𝑦 ′′ − 𝑦 ′ + 2𝑦 = 0

𝑏. 3𝑥𝑦 ′′ + (2 − 𝑥)𝑦 ′ − 𝑦 = 0

𝑐. 9𝑥 2 𝑦 ′′ + 9𝑥 2 𝑦 ′ + 2𝑦 = 0

4
𝑑. 𝑥 2 𝑦 ′′ + 𝑥𝑦 ′ + (𝑥 2 − 9) 𝑦 = 0
𝑒. 𝑥𝑦 ′′ + (1 − 𝑥)𝑦 ′ − 𝑦 = 0

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