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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2003 Paper 2 11 Solution by
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Use the method of undetermined coefficients. Substitution of givesEquating the coefficients of , , , and to the forcing gives , , , . ThusThe characteristic equation of the homogeneous equation is , with a repeated root. Its complementary function is . Since and , the initial conditions give and . ThereforeDirect differentiation verifies both zero initial data and the original forcing.
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