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Lecture 6 Differential equations of second – order. Reduction of order
Some second-order equation can be reduced to first-order equation, rendering then susceptible to the simple methods of solving equations of the first order. The following are three types of such second-order equations: Type 1 : Let (1) Integrating this equation (1), we obtain Integrating this equation once again we get
where Example 1 . Solve the differential equation Solution . This equation relates to the first type Then Type 2 : Second-order equations with the dependent variable mussing.
Example : ; Solution: = =
; = = { ; } = = .
This is an equation of the type (2) The dependent variable y does not explicitly appear in the equation. This type of second-order equation is easily reduced to a first-order equation by the transformation . This substitution obviously implies , and the original equation becomes a first-order equation for p Suppose we have managed to integrate this equation and have obtained its general solution .
Then we have and therefore the general solution of equation (2) is thus obtained: Example 2 . Solve the differential equation Solution . Since the dependent variable y is missing, let and . These substitutions transform the given second-order equation into the first-order equation
; , It is a separable equation. Separating the variables, we obtain Integrating , we have Then or and hence So ;
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Type 3 . Second-order nonlinear equations with the independent variable missing. Let it be of the form ( 3) The independent variable x does not explicitly appear in the equation. The method for reducing the order of these second-order equations begins with the same substitution as for Type 2 equations, namely, replacing y / as p . But instead of simple writing y // as p / , the trick here is to express y // in terms of a first derivative with respect to y .
Therefore we write ; Now we deduce from equation (3) the equation which is a first-order equation . If we manage to integrate it and to find its general solution then we have and therefore the general solution of equation (3) can be directly written in the form
Example 3 . Solve the differential equation Solution. The substitutions and transform this second-order equation for y into the following first-order equation for p : Separating the variables, we obtain Integrating, we have It follows that or
Now, since , this last result becomes Separating the variables, we get So or
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Second – Order Linear Differential Equations A second-order linear differential equation has the form where and are continuous functions. If equation (1) is nonhomogeneous . If (2) equation (2) is called homogeneous linear equation.
Theorem 1 . If and are both solutions of the linear homogeneous equation (2) and C 1 and C 2 are any constants, then the linear combination is also a solution of equation (2) Proof. Since and are solution of (2), we have and
Therefore, using the basic rules for differentiation, we have Thus, is a solution of equation (2). The other fact we need is given by the following theorem. It says that the general solution is a linear combination of two linearly independent solutions and .
This means that neither and is a constant multiple of the other. For instance, the functions and are linearly dependent, but and are linearly independent. Theorem 2 . If and are linearly independent solutions of equation (2), then the general solution is given by where and are arbitrary constants. Definition. Let and be two differentiable functions. The Wronskian , associated to and , is the function
Theorem 3 . If and are linearly dependent, then Wronskian . Theorem 4 . If and are linearly independent solution of equation (2), then . Theorem 5 . If and are two solutions of equation (2), then . Proof . Since and are solutions of (2) we have (4)
Example: are linearly dependent or linearly independent ? Solution: .
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Example: are linearly dependent or linearly independent? Solution: linearly independent
Example: are linearly dependent or linearly independent? Solution: linearly dependent
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(5) Now we multiply (4) by and multiply (5) by . Subtract the resulting two equations to obtain. (6) Recall the definition (3) and observe that Hence (6) is the equation (7) Separating the variables, we get