330 Ordinary Differential Equations
- Consider the system initial value problem
(25a)
2y1 Y2 1 1
- -3+-- -
x x^2 x x^2
Y2 I 2y1+1-6x
- -3+-- -
(25b) Y1(l) = -2, Y2(l) = -5.
a. Is the system of differential equations (25a) linear or nonlinear?
b. Apply the appropriate theorem from this chapter to determine the
interval on which a unique solution to the IVP (25) exists.
c. Verify that
(26) {y1(x) = -2x, y2(x) = -5x^2 +x -1}
is the solution to the initial value problem (25). What is the largest
interval on which the functions y 1 (x) and Y2(x) of (26) and their deriva-
tives are defined and continuous? Why is this interval not the same
interval as the one which the theorem guarantees existence and unique-
ness of the solution? Is the set {y 1 (x), y 2 (x)} a solution of the IVP (25)
on (-00,00)? Why or why not?
- Consider the system initial value problem
I
Y1
5y1 + 4y2 _ 2 x
x x
-6y1 _ 5y2 + 5 x
x x
(27a)
I
Y2
(27b) Y1(-l) = 3, Y2(-l) = -3.
a. Is the system of differential equations (27a) linear or nonlinear?
b. Apply the appropriate theorem from this chapter to determine the
interval on which a unique solution to the IVP (27) exists.
c. Verify that
(28) {y1(x)=2x^2 +x--^2 , Y2(x)=-x^2 -x+-}^3
x x
is the solution to the initial value problem (27). On what intervals are
the functions Y1(x) and Y2(x) of (28) and their derivatives simultane-
ously defined and continuous? How do these intervals compare with
the interval that the appropriate theorem guarantees the existence of a
unique solution?