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2: Fundamental
Solutions of Linear Homogeneous Equations
Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, Global edition, by William E. Boyce, Richard C. DiPrima, and Doug Meade ©2017 by John Wiley & Sons,
Inc.
• In terms of determinants:
y0 y2 (t0 ) y1 (t0 ) y0
y0 y2 (t0 ) y1 (t0 ) y0
c1 , c2
y1 (t0 ) y2 (t0 ) y1 (t0 ) y2 (t0 )
y1 (t0 ) y2 (t0 ) y1 (t0 ) y2 (t0 )
The Wronskian Determinant (3 of 3)
• Recall that
y1 t 1/ 2 , y2 t 1
• To show that y1 and y2 form a fundamental set of solutions,
we evaluate the Wronskian of y1 and y2:
y1 y2 t 1/2
t -1
-3/2 1 -3/2 3 -3/2
W= = 1 -1/2 -2
= -t - t =- t
y1¢ y2¢ t -t 2 2
2
• Thus
S1 et , e t , S2 cosh t , sinh t
both form fundamental solution sets to the differential
equation and initial point
y''- y = 0, t0 = 0
W[y1, y2 ](t) = ce ò
- p(t )dt