Chapter 8: Q-32E (page 435)
Question: In Problems 29–34, determine the Taylor series about the point X0for the given functions and values of X0.
32. f(x)=ln(1+x), x0 =0
Short Answer
The required expression is .
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Chapter 8: Q-32E (page 435)
Question: In Problems 29–34, determine the Taylor series about the point X0for the given functions and values of X0.
32. f(x)=ln(1+x), x0 =0
The required expression is .
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The equation
(1-x2)y"-2xy'+n(n+1)y=0
where nis an unspecified parameter is called Legendre’s equation. This equation appears in applications of differential equations to engineering systems in spherical coordinates.
(a) Find a power series expansion about x=0 for a solution to Legendre’s equation.
(b) Show that fora non negative integer there exists an nthdegree polynomial that is a solution to Legendre’s equation. These polynomials upto a constant multiples are called Legendre polynomials.
(c) Determine the first three Legendre polynomials (upto a constant multiple).
In Problems 21-28, use the procedure illustrated in Problem 20 to find at least the first four nonzero terms in a power series expansion about’s x=0 of a general solution to the given differential equation.
(1-x2) y"-y'+y=tan x
Question: In Problems 1–10, determine all the singular points of the given differential equation.
1. (x+1)y"-x2y'+3y = 0
In Problems 1-10, use a substitution y=xr to find the general solution to the given equation for x>0.
x2y"+xy'(x)+17y=0
Aging spring without damping. In a mass-spring system of aging spring discussed in Problem 30, assume that there is no damping (i.e., b=0), m=1 and k=1. To see the effect of aging consider as positive parameter.
(a) Redo Problem 30with b=0and ηarbitrary but fixed.
(b) Set η =0 in the expansion obtained in part (a). Does this expansion agree with the expansion for the solution to the problem with η=0. [Hint: When η =0 the solution is x(t)=cos t].
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