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Past exam of the mathematical methods I course of the University of Oxford 2021 resit 10 c Solution by
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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 yieldsThus , and we may choose , givingThe 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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