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Quiz 3 / Re: Problem 1 (Day section)
« on: November 07, 2013, 12:36:03 PM »
For the differential equation:
\begin{equation} y^{(6)} - y'' \end{equation}

We assume that $y = e^{rt}$.
Therefore, we must solve the characteristic equation:

\begin{equation} r^6 - r^2 = 0 \end{equation}

We find:
$
 r^6 - r^2 = 0  \implies r^2(r^4-1) \implies r^2(r^2+1)(r^2-1) = 0 \implies r^2(r^2+1)(r-1)(r+1) = 0
$

This means the roots of this equation are:

$
r_1 = 0, r_2=0, r_3=i, r_4=-i, r_5=1,r_6=-1
$
(We have a repeated root at r = 0)

So the general solution to (1) is:
\begin{equation} y(t) = c_1 + c_2t + c_3\cos{t} + c_4\sin{t} + c_5e^{t} + c_6e^{-t} \end{equation}

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Quiz 3 / Re: Problem 1 (night sections)
« on: November 06, 2013, 08:33:04 PM »
For the differential equation:
\begin{equation} y'''-y''-y'+y=0 \end{equation}

We assume that $y = e^{rt}$.
Therefore, we must solve the characteristic equation:

\begin{equation} r^3 - r^2 - r + 1 = 0 \end{equation}

We find:
$
r^3 - r^2 - r + 1 = 0 \implies (r^2-1)(r-1) = 0 \implies (r+1)(r-1)^2 = 0
$

This means the roots of this equation are:

$
r_1 = 1, r_2=1, r_3=-1
$
(We have a repeated root at r = 1)

So the general solution to (1) is:
\begin{equation} y(t) = c_1e^{t} + c_2e^{t}t + c_3e^{-t} \end{equation}

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