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The University of British Columbia
Final Exam – December 2007
Mathematics 215/255, Ordinary Differential Equations
Name
Student Number
Circle Section: 101 Phan
Signature
102 Burghelea
103 Tsai
104 Flowers
105 Brydges
This exam consists of 8 questions worth 100 marks in total. No aids are permitted.
Problem
1.
max score
10
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during the first half hour of the examination.
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in examination questions.
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examination and shall be liable to disciplinary action.
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3. Smoking is not permitted during examinations.
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(10 points) 1. A bath contains water. Let the depth of water at time t be y = y(t) ins. At time t = 0 the
plug is pulled and water exits via the drain at the rate of 2y inches per minute.
(a) The bath is filled to an initial depth of 10 inches. Find the depth y as a function of time.
(b) Same problem as in the previous part except that at time t = 0 the tap is turned on and
water enters the bath at rate 3 inches per minute.
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(10 points) 2. Consider
t + ye2ty + ate2ty
dy
= 0.
dt
(a) Determine a such that (1) is exact.
(b) Solve (1) when a has the value found in the previous part.
(1)
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(10 points) 3. For the equation y 0 = 1 − x − y with initial condition y(0) = 2 write down the Euler recursion
with h = 0.1 for finding the solution approximately and use it to approximate y(0.2).
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(10 points) 4. (a) Find the general solution to y 00 − 2y 0 + 2y = 0.
(b) Find a particular solution to y 00 − 2y 0 + 2y = et cos t
(c) Find the general solution to y 00 − 2y 0 + 2y = et cos t.
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(15 points) 5. (a) Solve
y 00
Math 215/255 Final Exam, All Sections
+
y0
(
t if t ≥ 1
=
when y(0) = y 0 (0) = 0.
0 otherwise
(b) Find F (s) = L
n
1
√
t
o
√
√
√
, given that L{ t} = 12 πs−3/2 and F (1) = π.
(c) Find the inverse Laplace transform of
e−2s
.
(s + 1)2
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(15 points) 6. Consider
d
dt
x
y
=A
x(0)
y(0)
(a) Find the solution of (2) such that
(b) Find the solution of (2) such that
− 21
,
A=
−1
x(0)
1
=
.
y(0)
0
x
y
=
0
.
1
1
−
1
2
.
(2)
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(c) Find the matrix etA .
(d) Draw the phase portrait for (2) including directions of flow.
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(15 points) 7. Consider
d
dt
Math 215/255 Final Exam, All Sections
x
y
=
2y + y 3
2x + 1
(a) Find the orbits.
(b) Find and classify equilibrium point(s).
(c) Draw the local phase plane portrait near the equilibrium point(s).
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(15 points) 8. For the following questions, fill in the answers in the boxes. No work need to be shown and no
partial credit will be given. Anything written outside of the boxes is ignored.
(a) Convert the equation
d2 y
dy
+ p + qy = 0,
2
dt
dt
y(0) = 1,
y 0 (0) = 2.
into an equivalent first order system of the form
d x1
?
x1 (0)
?
=
,
=
.
?
x2 (0)
?
dt x2
Answer =
(b) In the method of Picard iteration the equation
solved by a recursion of the form
Z
yn+1 (t) =? +
dy
dt
= y 2 , with initial condition y(0) = 7 is
?
? ds,
y0 (t) =?
?
Find y1 (t).
Answer =
(c) Is the solution to
dy
dt
= y 2/3 with y(0) = 1 unique?
Answer =
(d) Is the solution to
dy
dt
= y 2/3 with y(0) = 0 unique?
Answer =
(e) The Wronskian of two solutions of y 00 + 3y 0 + 2y = 0 is proportional to eat . Find a.
Answer =