Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems 9th Edition

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Chapter 4 - Higher Order Linear Equations - 4.1 General Theory of nth Order Linear Equations - Problems - Page 224: 2

Answer

The solutions of the given equation are sure to exist on $(-\infty\;,\;0) \cup (0,+\infty)$.

Work Step by Step

The given higher order linear equation is written in the form : $\frac{d^ny}{dt^n}\;+\;p_{1}(t)\frac{d^{n-1}y}{dt^{n-1}}\;+\;.........\;+\;p_{n-1}\frac{dy}{dt}\;+\;p_{n}(t)y\;=\;g(t)\\\\$ $n=3\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;p_{1}(t)=\frac{sin(t)}{t}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;p_{2}(t)=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;p_{3}(t)=\frac{3}{t}\;\;\;\;\;\;g(t)=\frac{cos (t)}{t}\\\\$ $p_{2}$ is a constant function and $p_{1},p_{3},g$ are continuous everywhere except at t=0. Therefore, all of them are continuous on the domain $(-\infty\;,\;0) \cup (0,+\infty)$ The solutions of the given equation are sure to exist on $(-\infty\;,\;0) \cup (0,+\infty)$.
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