A3.17

Mathematical Methods | Part II, 2001

(i) The function y(x)y(x) satisfies the differential equation

y+by+cy=0,0<x<1,y^{\prime \prime}+b y^{\prime}+c y=0, \quad 0<x<1,

where bb and cc are constants, with boundary conditions y(0)=0,y(0)=1y(0)=0, y^{\prime}(0)=1. By integrating this equation or otherwise, show that yy must also satisfy the integral equation

y(x)=g(x)+01K(x,t)y(t)dty(x)=g(x)+\int_{0}^{1} K(x, t) y(t) d t

and find the functions g(x)g(x) and K(x,t)K(x, t).

(ii) Solve the integral equation

φ(x)=1+λ20x(xt)φ(t)dt,x>0,λ real \varphi(x)=1+\lambda^{2} \int_{0}^{x}(x-t) \varphi(t) d t, \quad x>0, \quad \lambda \text { real }

by finding an ordinary differential equation satisfied by φ(x)\varphi(x) together with boundary conditions.

Now solve the integral equation by the method of successive approximations and show that the solutions are the same.

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