Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-algebra-analysis-and-differential-equations-1-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2008/9/iv/solution

Applying the derivative rule twice and using both zero initial data gives
so . By the convolution theorem for Laplace transforms,
Use the product-to-sum identity to integrate:
It satisfies , and differentiation gives . The term proportional to is the resonant response of the forced harmonic oscillator.

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