DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MESRA, RANCHI
MA107 Mathematics-II, Session: (SP-2020)
Tutorial - 2 (Module II)
1. Determine the singular points of the following differential equations and examine whether they are
regular or not
2 3 00 3 0 00 1 0 1
a) (x + 4)(x − 3) y + (x − 3) y + y = 0 b) y + y + 1 − 2 y = 0
x x
00 0 00 0
c) x2 y + y + 3xy = 0 d) x2 y + xy + (x2 − p2 )y = 0
00 0 00 0
e) (1 − x2 )y − 2xy + n(n + 1)y = 0 f) x3 (x − 1)y − 2(x − 1)y + 3xy = 0
00 2 0
g) x2 (1 − x2 )y + y + 4y = 0
x
00 0
2. Consider the equation y + xy + y = 0.
X
a) Find its general solution y = an xn in the form y = a0 y1 (x) + a1 y2 (x), where y1 (x) and y2 (x)
are power series.
b) Use the ratio test to verify that the two series y1 (x) and y2 (x) converges for all x.
2 /2
c) Show that y1 (x) is the series expansion of e−x , use this fact to find the second independent
solution.
3. Find the solution of the following equations in power series
0 00 0
a) xy = 3(y + 1) b) y − 3y + 2y = 0
00 0
c) 2x(1 − x)y + (1 − x)y + 3y = 0
4. Use Frobenius method to find the solutions of the following equations
00 0 00 0
a) xy + y + xy = 0 b) xy + 3y + 4x3 y = 0
00 0 00 0
c) x(2 + x2 )y − y − 6xy = 0 d) 4xy + 2y + y = 0
00 0 00 0
e) x(1 − x)y + 4y + 2y = 0 f) 9x(1 − x)y − 12y + 4y = 0.
5. Express the following expression in terms of Legendre polynomials
a) 2 − x + 3x2 b) x3 − 7x2 − 28x − 15
6. Prove that
0 1
a) Pn (1) = 1 b) Pn (−1) = (−1)n c) Pn (1) = n(n + 1)
2
0 1
d) Pn (−1) = (−1)n [n(n + 1)] e) Pn (−x) = (−1)n Pn (x)
2
Z 1
2tn
7. Prove that Pn (x)(1 − 2xt + t2 )−1/2 dx = .
−1 2n + 1
8. (Recurrence relations for Pn (x)) To show that
1. (n + 1)Pn+1 (x) = (2n + 1)xPn (x) − nPn−1 (x), n ≥ 1
0 0
2. nPn (x) = xPn (x) − Pn−1 (x)
0 0
3. (2n + 1)Pn (x) = Pn+1 (x) − Pn−1 (x)
0 0
4. (n + 1)Pn (x) = Pn+1 (x) − xPn (x)
0
5. (1 − x2 )Pn (x) = n(Pn−1 (x) − xPn (x))
0
6. (1 − x2 )Pn (x) = (n + 1)(xPn (x) − Pn+1 (x))
0
7. (2n + 1)(x2 − 1)Pn (x) = n(n + 1)(Pn+1 (x) − Pn−1 (x)) (Beltrami’s result)
9. Show that when n is an integer J−n (x) = (−1)n Jn (x)
10. Prove that
r r
2 2 2
a) J−1/2 (x) = cos(x) b) J1/2 (x) = sin(x) c) [J1/2 (x)]2 + [J−1/2 (x)]2 =
πx πx πx
11. Write the general solution of the following equations (in terms of Bessel functions)
00 0 00 0 9
a) x2 y + xy + (x2 − 25)y = 0 b) x2 y + xy + (x2 − )y = 0
16
12. (Recurrence relations for Jn (x)) To show that
d d −n
{xn Jn (x)} = xn Jn−1 (x) x Jn (x) = −x−n Jn+1 (x)
a) b)
dx dx
0 0
c) Jn (x) = Jn−1 (x) − (n/x)Jn (x) d) Jn (x) = (n/x)Jn (x) − Jn+1 (x)
0
e) Jn−1 (x) + Jn+1 (x) = (2n/x)Jn (x) f) 2Jn (x) = Jn−1 (x) − Jn+1 (x)
Z
13. Evaluate x3 J3 (x)dx
Solution: Hint : from Recurrence relation 12(a) and 12(b)
Z
xn Jn−1 (x)dx = xn Jn (x) + c
Z
x−n Jn+1 (x)dx = −x−n Jn (x) + c