The University of Trinidad & Tobago

Centre for Education Programmes

MATH4017 – Analysis II

Individual Assignment

Due Date: - 10/05/2018

Instructions and Guidelines:

 No late assignments will be accepted

 Full marks will be awarded for showing all steps and working upon arrival of the
solution

 Students are reminded that this is an individual assignment that is worth 10% of
their final grade. The final mark awarded for this assignment will be calculated
based on each student’s written submission AS WELL AS oral questioning on the
day of submission.

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1. Evaluate L1  2 2 2
using the Convolution Property of Laplace Transform.
 s ( s  1) 

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2. An integral equation is one in which the unknown dependent variable, say y, appears
x 2   ydx
under an integral operator. e.g.:
 y  2x

There are 3 major classes of integral equations:

- Fredholm Integral Equation of Type I

- Fredholm Integral Equation of Type II

- Volterra Integral Equation.

Laplace Transform is used to solve Volterra Type Integral Equations because of its form.
The general form of Volterra Integral Equations is:
t
y (t )  g (t )    f (t   ) y ( )d , t  0
0

where  ,  , f (t ) and g (t ) are given and y(t) is the unknown function. The form of these
Volterra Equations (as they contain f * y ), makes them suitable for the application of the
Laplace Transform.

Solve the following integral equation using Laplace Transform:

t
y (t )  e  2  y (v ) cos(t  v )dv
t

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3. Explain the steps involved in finding the general solution of a differential equation about
a regular singular point using a power series method. Give sufficient explanation.

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4. Solve the following ordinary differential equation about the point x=0 using a Frobenius
method;

2 xy ( x)  y ( x)  y( x)  0

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