Chapter 6: Q3E (page 337)

use the method of undetermined coefficients to determine the form of a particular solution for the given equation.
$y''' + 3 y'' - 4 y = e^{- 2 x}$

Short Answer

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$y_{p} (x) = - \frac{1}{6} x^{2} e^{- 2 x}$

Step by step solution

Find the corresponding auxiliaryequation

Theauxiliary equationof corresponding homogeneous equation

$r^{3} + 3 r^{2} - 4 = (r - 1) (r + 2)^{2} = 0$

The solutions of the auxiliary equation are

$r = - 2, r = - 2, r = 1$

Find particular solution

Let the particular solution be

$y_{p} (x) = a x^{2} e^{- 2 x}$

Then

$y_{p}^{'} (x) = 2 a x e^{- 2 x} - 2 a x^{2} e^{- 2 x} y_{p}^{''} (x) = 2 a e^{- 2 x} - 8 a x e^{- 2 x} + 4 a x^{2} e^{- 2 x} y_{p}^{'''} (x) = - 12 a e^{- 2 x} + 24 a x e^{- 2 x} - 8 a x^{2} e^{- 2 x}$

Then

$y_{p}^{'''} (x) + 3 y_{p}^{''} (x) - 4 y_{p} (x) = - 12 a e^{- 2 x} + 24 a x e^{- 2 x} - 8 a x^{2} e^{- 2 x} + 6 a e^{- 2 x} - 24 a x e^{- 2 x} + 12 a x^{2} e^{- 2 x} - 4 a x^{2} e^{- 2 x} = - 6 a e^{- 2 x} .$

If $- 6 a e^{- 2 x} = e^{- 2 x} t h e n - 6 a = 1$

Then $a = - \frac{1}{6}$

Hence $y_{p} (x) = - \frac{1}{6} x^{2} e^{- 2 x}$

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use the method of undetermined coefficients to determine the form of a particular solution for the given equation.
$y''' + 3 y'' - 4 y = e^{- 2 x}$