Math 555 Differential Equations I




Makeup/Final Exams: Review Guide


This page contains problems similar to those that will appear on the Makeup and Final Exams. These questions are all similar to the Good Problems and the recommended exercises.


Group I: There will be one question from this section on the makeup exam.

1. Solve the equation \( (2y + x^2y)y' = x\).

2. Solve the equation \( (2y+1)dx + (x - \tfrac{y}{x})dy = 0 \).

3. Find the solution to the initial value \(y' = 2xy^2\), \( y(0) = -1\), and determine the domain of the solution.



Group II: There will be one question from this section on the makeup exam.

4. Solve the initial value problem \(y'' + 4y' + 3y = 0\), \(y(0) = 2\), \(y'(0) = -1\).

5. Consider the equation \( xy'' + (3 -2x)y' - 4y = 0\), \(x > 0\). If \(y_1(x) = x^{-2}\) is a solution of the equation, use the method of reduction of order to find the general solution.

6. Solve the initial value problem. \[ \begin{cases} y'' - 2y' + 5y = 8\sin x - 4\cos x, \\ y(0) = 3,\ \ \ y'(0) = 9. \end{cases} \]

Group III: There will be one question from this section on the makeup exam.

7. Consider the equation \(y'' - 4y' + 4y = x^2e^x + 4xe^x\sin x + 6\cos x + 3\). Determine a suitable form of a particular solution by the method of undetermined coefficients. Do not evaluate the coefficients.

8. It is known that \(x^2\) and \(x^2\ln x\) are solutions of the homogeneous equation associated to the nonhomogeneous equation \[ x^2y'' -3xy' + 4y = x^2\ln x. \] Use the method of variation of parameters to find a particular solution to the nonhomogeneous equation.

9. Use the power series method to find a fundamental set for the equation \(y'' - 3xy' + y = 0\). Determine the first three terms in each of the two solutions that form the fundamental set.



Group IV: There will be one question from this section on the makeup exam.

10. Given the equation \(x^2y'' + 8xy' + 12(1+x)y = 0\). Then \(x = 0\) is a regular singular point. Show a correct form of the series solutions to the equation.

11. Find the inverse Laplace transform for \(F(s) = \dfrac{e^{-2s}(s-1)} {s^2+2s+5}\).

12. Use the Laplace transform to solve the problem. \[\begin{cases} y'' + 2y' + 5y = 0 \\ y(0) = 2,\ \ \ y'(0) = -1 \end{cases}\]

13. Use the Laplace transform to solve the problem. \[\begin{cases} y'' + 4y + u_\pi (t) \\ y(0) = y'(0) = 0. \end{cases}\]




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