ME760 Engineering Analysis I
Homework Set 7 due: Monday Nov. 23, 2015
1. Find two power series solutions about x = 0 of the differential equation
(1 - x2)y00
- 3xy0 + y = 0.
Show that when the value of = N(N + 2) (N an integer) the corresponding power series
becomes an Nth degree polynomial UN(x). Construct U2(x) and U3(x).
2. Verify that x = 0 is a regular singular point of the equation
x2y00
-
3
2
xy0 + (1 + x)y = 0,
and that the indicial equation has roots 2 and 1/2. Show that the general solution is
y(x) = 6aox2
1X
n=0
(-1)n(n + 1)22nxn
(2n + 3)!
+bo
x1/2 + 2x3/2
-
x1/2
4
1X
n=2
(-1)n22nxn
n(n - 1)(2n - 3)!
!
.
3. Use the derivative method to obtain as a second solution of Bessel’s equation for the case when
= 0 the following expression.
y(x) = Jo(x) ln x -
1X
n=0
(-1)n
(n!)2
Xn
m=1
1
m
!x
2
2n
.
4. Find the general series solution about x = 0 of the equation
x
d2y
dx2 + (2x - 3)
dy
dx
+
4
x
y = 0.