Question #224553

Show by the method of variation of parameters that the general solution of the differential equation -y''=f(x) can be written in the form y = φ ( x) = c1+c2x-∫0x(x-s)f(s)ds where c1 and c2 are arbitrary constants.


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2021-08-09T16:24:56-0400

y"=f(x)y"=0y=C2y=C2+C1xWronskian(1,x)=1C2=x×f(x)1dx=xf(x)dx+c2C1=1×f(x)1dx=f(x)dx+c1y=x(f(x)dx+c1)+xf(x)dx+c2=c1x+c2x(0xf(s)ds)+0xsf(s)ds=c1x+c20xxf(s)ds+0xsf(s)ds=c1x+c20x(xs)f(s)ds\displaystyle y" = -f(x)\\ y" = 0\\ y' = C_2\\ y = C_2 + C_1x\\ \textsf{Wronskian}(1, x) = 1\\ C_2 = -\int \frac{x \times -f(x)}{1} \mathrm{d}x = \int xf(x)\,\,\mathrm{d}x + c_2\\ C_1 = \int \frac{1 \times -f(x)}{1} \mathrm{d}x = -\int f(x)\,\,\mathrm{d}x + c_1\\ \begin{aligned} y &= -x\left(\int f(x)\,\,\mathrm{d}x + c_1\right) + \int xf(x)\,\,\mathrm{d}x + c_2 \\&= c_1x + c_2 - x\left(\int_0^x f(s)\,\,\mathrm{d}s\right) + \int_0^x sf(s)\,\,\mathrm{d}s \\&= c_1x + c_2 - \int_0^x xf(s)\,\,\mathrm{d}s + \int_0^x sf(s)\,\,\mathrm{d}s \\&= c_1x + c_2 - \int_0^x (x - s)f(s)\,\,\mathrm{d}s \end{aligned}


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