Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro

Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro

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226 LESSON 26. GENERAL EXISTENCE THEORY* to a system. We create a system by defining the variables Then the differential equation becomes which we can rewrite as We then define functions f, and g, so that our system can be written as x 1 = y x 2 = y ′ (26.62) x ′ 2 + 4t 3 x 2 + x 3 1 = sin t (26.63) x ′ 2 = sin t − x 3 1 − 4t 3 x 2 (26.64) f(x 1 , x 2 ) = sin t − x 3 1 − 4t 3 x 2 g(x 1 , x 2 ) = x 2 (26.65) x ′ 1 = f(x 1 , x 2 ) x ′ 2 = g(x 1 , x 2 ) (26.66) with initial condition x 1 (0) = 1 x 2 (0) = 1 (26.67) It is common to define a vector x = (x 1 , x 2 ) and a vector function F(x) = (f(x 1 , x 2 ), g(x 1 , x 2 )) (26.68) Then we have a vector initial value problem } x ′ (t) = F(x) = (sin t − x 3 1 − 4t 3 x 2 , x 2 ) x(0) = (1, 1) (26.69) Since the set of all differentiable functions on R 2 is a vector space, our theorem on vector spaces applies. Even though we proved theorem (26.50) for first order equations every step in the proof still works when y and f become vectors. On any closed rectangle surrounding the initial condition F and ∂F/∂x i is bounded, continuous, and differentiable. So there is a unique solution to this initial value problem.

Lesson 27 Higher Order Linear Equations Constant Coefficients and the Linear Operator Generalizing the previous sections we can write the general nth-order linear equation with constant coefficients as a n y (n) + a n−1 y (n−1) + · · · + a 1 y ′ + a 0 y = f(t) (27.1) The corresponding characteristic polynomial is P n (r) = a n r n + a n−1 r n−1 + · · · + a 0 (27.2) = a n (r − r 1 )(r − r 2 ) · · · (r − r n ) (27.3) = 0 (27.4) and the corresponding n-th order linear operator is L n = a n D n + a n−1 D n−1 + · · · + a 0 (27.5) = a n (D − r 1 )(D − r 2 ) · · · (D − r n ) (27.6) where a 0 , ..., a n ∈ R are constants and r 1 , r 2 , ..., r n ∈ C are the roots of P n (r) = 0 (some or all of which may be repeated). The corresponding 227

Lesson 27<br />

Higher Order L<strong>in</strong>ear<br />

<strong>Equations</strong><br />

Constant Coefficients and the L<strong>in</strong>ear Operator<br />

Generaliz<strong>in</strong>g the previous sections we can write the general nth-order l<strong>in</strong>ear<br />

equation with constant coefficients as<br />

a n y (n) + a n−1 y (n−1) + · · · + a 1 y ′ + a 0 y = f(t) (27.1)<br />

The correspond<strong>in</strong>g characteristic polynomial is<br />

P n (r) = a n r n + a n−1 r n−1 + · · · + a 0 (27.2)<br />

= a n (r − r 1 )(r − r 2 ) · · · (r − r n ) (27.3)<br />

= 0 (27.4)<br />

and the correspond<strong>in</strong>g n-th order l<strong>in</strong>ear operator is<br />

L n = a n D n + a n−1 D n−1 + · · · + a 0 (27.5)<br />

= a n (D − r 1 )(D − r 2 ) · · · (D − r n ) (27.6)<br />

where a 0 , ..., a n ∈ R are constants and r 1 , r 2 , ..., r n ∈ C are the roots of<br />

P n (r) = 0 (some or all of which may be repeated). The correspond<strong>in</strong>g<br />

227

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