The Bessel equation of order one-half t2y''+ty'+t2-14y=0,t>0has two linearly independent solutions,y1(t)=t-1/2cost,y2(t)=t-1/2sin.

Find a general solution to the non-homogeneous equation.

t2y''+ty'+t2-14y=t5/2,t>0

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Short Answer

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The general solution to the given differential equation is:

y(t)=c1t-1/2cost+c2t-1/2sint+t1/2

Step by step solution

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Using the variation of parameters

To find a general solution to the given equation, first, we need to find a particular solution.

We will do that by using the method of variation of parameters and assume that a particular solution has a form of ypt=v1ty1t+v2ty2t, wherey1(t)=t-1/2cost andy2(t)=t-1/2sint are two linearly independent solutions given in the problem.

Before we proceed, we need to transform the given equation so that a coefficient multiplying y''is 1. To obtain that we will divide the given equation by t2:

y''+1ty'+1-14t2y=t1/2

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Using the Wronskian function

One can find the functions and from

v1(t)=-g(t)y2(t)Wy1(t),y2(t)dt,v2(t)=g(t)y1(t)Wy1(t),y2(t)dt

Where g(t)=t1/2is a non-homogeneous part of the equation and Wy1(t),y2(t)is the Wronskian of the functions y1(t)and y2t

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Find the value of v1t and v2t

One can find the functions v1tand v2t

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Substitute the values for C1,C2

One can take C1=C2=0.

Now one has that the particular solution is:

yp(t)=v1(t)y1(t)+v2(t)y2(t)=(tcost-sint)×t-1/2cost+(tsint+cost)×t-1/2sint=t1/2cos2t-t-1/2sintcost+t1/2sin2t+t-1/2costsint=t1/2

Therefore, the general solution to the given differential equation is:

y(t)=yh(t)+yp(t)=c1t-1/2cost+c2t-1/2sint+t1/2

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