Internal
problem
ID
[17678]
Book
:
Differential
equations.
An
introduction
to
modern
methods
and
applications.
James
Brannan,
William
E.
Boyce.
Third
edition.
Wiley
2015
Section
:
Chapter
5.
The
Laplace
transform.
Section
5.6
(Differential
equations
with
Discontinuous
Forcing
Functions).
Problems
at
page
342
Problem
number
:
1
Date
solved
:
Monday, March 31, 2025 at 04:24:16 PM
CAS
classification
:
[[_2nd_order, _linear, _nonhomogeneous]]
Using Laplace method With initial conditions
ode:=diff(diff(y(t),t),t)+y(t) = piecewise(0 <= t and t < 1/2*Pi,1,1/2*Pi <= t,0); ic:=y(0) = 5, D(y)(0) = 3; dsolve([ode,ic],y(t),method='laplace');
ode=D[y[t],{t,2}]+y[t]==Piecewise[{ {1,0<=t<Pi/2},{0,t>=Pi/2}}]; ic={y[0]==5,Derivative[1][y][0] ==3}; DSolve[{ode,ic},y[t],t,IncludeSingularSolutions->True]
from sympy import * t = symbols("t") y = Function("y") ode = Eq(-Piecewise((1, (t >= 0) & (t <= pi/2)), (0, t >= pi/2)) + y(t) + Derivative(y(t), (t, 2)),0) ics = {y(0): 5, Subs(Derivative(y(t), t), t, 0): 3} dsolve(ode,func=y(t),ics=ics)