Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2006/ia/paper-2/5b/solution

First solve the closed linear system of differential equations for . Its coefficient matrix is , with characteristic polynomial . Corresponding eigenvectors are and . The homogeneous solution is therefore
Use separate exponential particular solutions for the two forcing frequencies. Solving and gives and . Hence
The third equation then gives . Integrating,
The three arbitrary constants span the general solution: two arise from the first-order subsystem and one from integrating .

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