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Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro

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44 LESSON 6. EXPONENTIAL RELAXATION<br />

appropriately first, so that neither t nor y appear <strong>in</strong> either <strong>in</strong>tegrand) 1<br />

∫ y<br />

y 0<br />

∫<br />

du t<br />

u − C =<br />

t 0<br />

ds<br />

τ<br />

(6.3)<br />

ln |y − C| − ln |y 0 − C| = t τ − t 0<br />

(6.4)<br />

τ<br />

ln<br />

y − C<br />

∣y 0 − C ∣ = 1 τ (t − t 0) (6.5)<br />

Exponentiat<strong>in</strong>g both sides of the equation<br />

y − C<br />

∣y 0 − C ∣ = e(t−t0)/τ (6.6)<br />

hence<br />

|y − C| = |y 0 − C|e (t−t0)/τ (6.7)<br />

The absolute value poses a bit of a problem of <strong>in</strong>terpretation. However, the<br />

only way that the fraction<br />

F = y − C<br />

(6.8)<br />

y 0 − C<br />

can change signs is if it passes through zero. This can only happen if<br />

0 = e (t−t0)/τ (6.9)<br />

which has no solution. So whatever the sign of F , it does not change. At<br />

t = t 0 we have<br />

y − C = y 0 − C (6.10)<br />

hence<br />

and<br />

so by cont<strong>in</strong>uity with the <strong>in</strong>itial condition<br />

∣ ∣∣∣ y − C<br />

y 0 − C ∣ = 1 (6.11)<br />

y − C<br />

y 0 − C = 1 (6.12)<br />

y = C + (y 0 − C)e (t−t0)/τ (6.13)<br />

It is convenient to consider the two cases τ > 0 and τ < 0 separately.<br />

1 We must do this because we are us<strong>in</strong>g both t and y as endpo<strong>in</strong>ts of our <strong>in</strong>tegration,<br />

and hence must change the name of the symbols we use <strong>in</strong> the equation, e.g, first we<br />

turn (6.2) <strong>in</strong>to du/(u − C) = ds/τ.

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