Chapter 6: Q24E (page 337)

use the annihilator method to determinethe form of a particular solution for the given equation. $θ'' - θ = x e^{x}$

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$θ_{p} (x) = c_{3} x e^{x} + c_{4} x^{2} e^{x}$

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Solve the homogeneous of the given equation

The homogeneous of the given equation is

$(D^{2} - 1) [θ] = (D - 1) (D + 1) [θ] = 0$

The solution of the homogeneous is

$θ_{h} (x) = c_{1} e^{- x} + c_{2} e^{x}$ (1)

Now $x e^{x}$ is annihilated by $(D - 1)^{2}$

Then, every solution to the given nonhomogeneous equation also satisfies

. $(D - 1)^{2} (D - 1) (D + 1) [θ] = (D - 1)^{3} (D + 1) [θ] = 0$

Then

$θ (x) = c_{1} e^{- x} + c_{2} e^{x} + c_{3} x e^{x} + c_{4} x^{2} e^{x}$ (2)

is the general solution to this homogeneous equation

We know $u (x) = u_{h} + u_{p}$

Comparing (1) & (2)

$θ_{p} (x) = c_{3} x e^{x} + c_{4} x^{2} e^{x}$

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