EE361: Control Systems

Problem Sheet 1
No need to submit Fall 2017

This Problem sheet contains several problems from two topics covered in the class, Eulers Ap-
proximation and First order separable differentiable equations of first order Differential equations.
Purpose of this sheet is to provide you handful of practice as practice is very critical in Mathematics.
Some of these problem will be solved in todays TA session and other will left for you to practice.
It is highly recommended for you to solve them by yourself. You can always ask for help from any
of the TAs.

Problem 1
For the following Differential equations with initial values and step size, use Euler
approximation formula and solve each of the equation for three points. Also use
MATLAB program to solve them for 10 points.

(i) y = y for the initial conditions of y(0) = 1 and step size of h = 0.1 and h = 0.1
(ii) y = (y x)2 for the initial conditions of y(0) = 0 and step size of h = 0.1
(iii) y = 5x4 y 3 for the initial conditions of y(0) = 1 and step size of h = 0.2
(iv) Use Eulers Method with step size 0.3 to compute the approximate y value y(0.9) of the
solution of the initial value problem.

y = x2
y(0) = 1.
(v) The exact solution to the initial value problem

y = y

y(0) = 1 is y = ex . What is the error when computing y(3) using Eulers method with a
step size of 1.
(vi) Consider
y = y 2 xy
Let y(x) be the solution through y(0) = 1. Estimate y(1) using Eulers method taking
step size equal to 0.5.

Problem 2
Solve following first order, linear, homogeneous and non homogeneous differential
equations for t 0.Also sketch total as well as natural and forced response of the
system. Assume zero initial conditions if not given.
(i) y + 3y = 0 with initial conditions y(0) = 1.
(ii) y + 3y = 5 with initial conditions y(0) = 1.
(iii) y + 3y = sin(2x) with initial conditions y() = 0.
(iv) y + 2y = 3e5x cos(x) with initial conditions y(0) = 1.
(v) y 2y 6t2 + 5 = 0 with initial conditions y(1) = 100.
Problem 3
In each of the following Problems, find the solution of the given initial value
problem. Sketch the graph of the solution (only for t 0).

(i) y 3y 4y = 0 with initial conditions y(0) = 0 and y(0)

=1
(ii) y + y 2y = 0 with initial conditions y(0) = 1 and y(0)
=1
(iii) y + 4y + 3y = 0 with initial conditions y(0) = 2 and y(0)
=1
 (iv) 2
y + 4y + 2y = 0 with initial conditions y(0) = 4 and y(0)
=0
(v) 3
y + 6y + 3y = 0 with initial conditions y(0) = 4 and y(0)
=0
(vi) y + y + 2y = 0 with initial conditions y(0) = 4 and y(0)
=0
(vii) 2
y + 2y + 2y = 0 with initial conditions y(0) = 4 and y(0)
=0
(viii) y + 3y = 0 with initial conditions y(0) = 2 and y(0)
=3
Problem 3
In each of the following Problems, find the solution of the given initial value
problem. Sketch the graph of the solution and describe its behavior as t increases
(only for t 0).
Initial conditions are y(0) = 1 and y(0)
= 1, unless specified otherwise.
(i) y 3y 4y = 2et
(ii) y 3y 4y = 2 sin(t)
(iii) y 3y 4y = 8et sin(t)
(iv) y 3y 4y = 2et + 2 sin(t) 8et sin(t)
(v) y + 9y = sin(t)
(vi) y 3y 4y = (t) Initial conditions are y(0) = 0 and y(0)
=0
(vii) y 3y 4y = 1(t) Initial conditions are y(0) = 0 and y(0)
=0
(viii) y + 5y + 4y = 41(t) Initial conditions are y(0) = 0 and y(0)
=0
(ix) y + 3y = x2 + 1