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    Math2065: Intro To Pdes Tutorial Questions (Week 4)

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    This document contains tutorial questions for an introductory course on partial differential equations (PDEs). The questions cover various topics involving PDEs, including: 1) Using Laplace transforms to solve a first-order differential equation modeling an electrical circuit with an inductor and resistor. 2) Using Laplace transforms to solve an ordinary differential equation (ODE). 3) Proving a property of convolution. 4) Using convolution properties to solve an ODE involving the Dirac delta function. 5) Convolving functions to solve a second-order linear ODE.

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    This document contains tutorial questions for an introductory course on partial differential equations (PDEs). The questions cover various topics involving PDEs, including: 1) Using Laplace transforms to solve a first-order differential equation modeling an electrical circuit with an inductor and resistor. 2) Using Laplace transforms to solve an ordinary differential equation (ODE). 3) Proving a property of convolution. 4) Using convolution properties to solve an ODE involving the Dirac delta function. 5) Convolving functions to solve a second-order linear ODE.

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    MATH2065: INTRO TO PDEs

    Semester 2, 2009
    Tutorial Questions (Week 4)

    1. An electrical circuit in which a resistor (R) and an inductor (L) are connected in series
    with a voltage source (V (t)) has a resulting current flow i(t). Using Kirchoff’s Laws, it is
    possible to show that this current satisfies the first-order differential equation

    L i0 (t) + R i(t) = V (t).

    (a) It is common in circuits to have square-pulse voltage inputs, such as

    V (t) = V0 [H(t − a) − H(t − b)]

    where V0 , a and b are positive constants (a < b). Given that the circuit had no
    initial current (i(0) = 0), use Laplace transforms to determine the current at a general
    positive time t, in terms of the parameters L, R, V0 , a and b.
    (b) Repeat part (a) if now the applied voltage is a spike V0 δ(t − a), where δ is the Dirac
    delta function.

    2. Solve the ODE (


    dy 4e−t t<8
    + 3y =
    dt 2 t>8
    where y(0) = 1 using Laplace transforms

    3. Prove that f ? g = g ? f , where the ? denotes the convolution between functions of t.


     
    −1 1
    4. Use the convolution property of Laplace transforms to determine L .
    (s2 + 1)2
    Hint: you may find the following trigonometric identity useful:
    1
    sin A sin B = [cos (B − A) − cos (B + A)] .
    2

    5. Use the convolution property to obtain the solution to the differential equation

    y 00 − y = g(t) ; y(0) = 1 , y 0 (0) = 1 ,

    in terms of the function g(t). Z t


    t
    Note: The answer is y(t) = e + sinh (t − t̄) g(t̄) dt̄ (a slightly different representation is
    0
    also possible, if your choice for the convolution is the reverse of the order chosen to obtain
    this answer).

    Z t
    6. † Using the table of Laplace transforms, determine the Laplace transform of f (t̄) dt̄ in
    0
    terms of F (s).
    7. † In this problem, we gain some insight into the peculiar Dirac delta “function”. We think
    of δ(t) as something which is zero everywhere except at t = 0, where it is “infinity”. This is
    not a very satisfactory defintion for a function, and indeed the Dirac delta is not a function
    in the standard sense. A more proper definition of the Dirac delta is that it is an entity
    which satisfies Z c
    δ (t − b) f (t) dt = f (b) , a < b < c
    a
    for any suitably well-behaved function f . The way to think about this is that since the
    delta function is zero whenever its argument is not zero, it kills off most of the integral.
    Thus, the only contribution would occur when t − b = 0, i.e., when t = b. But this must
    lie in the interval of interest, (a, c), to contribute – if not, the contribution would be zero.
    So if b ∈ (a, c), the Dirac delta function “picks out” the value t = b in the remainder of the
    integrand.
    Z 3
    (a) For any b, investigate the value of δ(t − b) t cos 2t dt .
    −1
    (b) Show that for any function f ,

    L {δ(t − b)f (t)} = H(b) f (b) e−s b

    where H is the unit step function.

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