DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MESRA, RANCHI
MA 24103 Mathematics-II, Session: SP-2025
Tutorial - 2 (Module II)
1. Determine the ordinary or singular points for x = 0 of the following differential equations and examine
whether they are regular or not.
′′ 1 ′ 1 ′′ ′
a) y + y + 1 − 2 y = 0 b) x2 y + y + 3xy = 0
x x
′′ ′ ′′ ′
c) x2 y + xy + (x2 − p2 )y = 0 d) (1 − x2 )y − 2xy + n(n + 1)y = 0
′′ ′
2. Consider the equation y + xy + y = 0.
X
a) Find its general solution y = an xn in the form y = a0 y1 (x) + a1 y2 (x), where y1 (x) and y2 (x)
are power series.
3. Find the solution of the following equations in power series.
′′ ′
a) y − 3y + 2y = 0 b) y ′′ + xy ′ + x2 y = 0
c) y ′′ + xy = 0
4. Use Frobenius method to find the solutions of the following equations only for x = 0.
′′ ′ ′′ ′
a) xy + y + xy = 0 b) xy + 3y + 4x3 y = 0
′′ ′ ′′ ′
c) x(2 + x2 )y − y − 6xy = 0 d) 4xy + 2y + y = 0
′′ ′ ′′ ′
e) x(1 − x)y + 4y + 2y = 0 f) 9x(1 − x)y − 12y + 4y = 0.
5. Express the following expression in terms of Legendre polynomials.
a) 2 − x + 3x2 b) x3 − 7x2 − 28x − 15
6. Prove that
′ 1
a) Pn (1) = 1 b) Pn (−1) = (−1)n c) Pn (1) = n(n + 1)
2
d) Pn (−x) = (−1)n Pn (x)
∞
1+z 1 X
7. Prove that √ − = (Pn + Pn+1 )z n
z 1 − 2xz + z 2 z 0
2n !
8. Show that the coeffiecent of xn in Pn (x) is an =
2n (n!)2
9. Prove that
Z 1
2tn
a) Pn (x)(1 − 2xt + t2 )−1/2 dx = .
−1 2n + 1
Z1
2n
b) xPn (x)Pn−1 (x)dx =
−1 4n2 − 1
Z1
2n(n + 1)
c) x2 Pn+1 Pn−1 dx =
−1 (2n − 1)(2n + 1)(2n + 3)
10. Show that when n is an integer J−n (x) = (−1)n Jn (x)
11. Prove that
a) J0′ = −J1 b) J2 = J0′′ − x−1 J0
r
2 n 2
c) Jn′ = [ Jn + (n + 2)Jn+2 + (n + 4)Jn+4 ] d) J−1/2 (x) = cos(x)
x 2 πx
r
2 2
e) J1/2 (x) = sin(x) f) [J1/2 (x)]2 + [J−1/2 (x)]2 =
πx πx
Z
2
12. J3 (x)dx = −J2 (x) − J1 (x)
x
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13. J4 (x)dx = ( 3
− )J1 (x) + (1 − 2 )J0 (x)
x x x