Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematical-methods-i-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2021-resit/10/c/solution

The differential operator is , with . Because already occurs in the complementary function with a repeated root of a polynomial, an unmodified trial gives zero. Put . The product rule yields
Thus , and we may choose , giving
The other terms arising on twice integrating give , exactly the complementary function, so they need not be included in the particular integral.

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