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Past exam of the differential equations and applications course of the University of Oxford
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2011
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A
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1
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b
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i
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Solution
2026-10-31
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The characteristic
polynomial
after
multiplication
by four is
r
2
+
4
r
+
4
+
π
2
, with
roots
−
2
±
iπ
. Thus the general real solution of this constant-
coefficient
ordinary differential equation
is
y
(
x
)
=
e
−
2
x
[
A
cos
(
π
x
)
+
B
sin
(
π
x
)]
,
A
,
B
∈
R
.
(1)
Equivalently the
change of dependent variable
y
=
e
−
2
x
v
gives
L
y
=
4
1
e
−
2
x
(
v
′′
+
π
2
v
)
.
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