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Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro

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The method of annihilators is really just a variation on the method of<br />

undeterm<strong>in</strong>ed coefficients - it gives you a way to remember or get to the<br />

functions you need to remember to get a particular solution. To use it to<br />

solve Ly = g(t) you would <strong>in</strong> general use the follow<strong>in</strong>g method:<br />

1. Solve the homogeneous equation Ly = 0. Call this solution y H .<br />

2. Operate on both sides of Ly = g with some operator L ′ so that<br />

L ′ Ly = L ′ g = 0, i.e., us<strong>in</strong>g an operator that annihilates g.<br />

3. F<strong>in</strong>d the characteristic equation of L ′ Ly = 0.<br />

4. Solve the homogeneous equation L ′ Ly = 0.<br />

5. Remove the terms <strong>in</strong> the solution of L ′ Ly = 0 that are l<strong>in</strong>early dependent<br />

on terms <strong>in</strong> you orig<strong>in</strong>al solution to Ly = 0. The terms that<br />

rema<strong>in</strong> are your y p .<br />

6. Use undeterm<strong>in</strong>ed coefficients to determ<strong>in</strong>e any unknowns <strong>in</strong> your<br />

particular solution.<br />

7. The general solution is y = y H + y p where Ly H = 0.

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