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    Default Differential equations for the fail!

    Ok, I have an exam tomorrow, and I was just practising, and I can't get this freaking differential equation. >:[

    This is what I have so far:

    x''(t) -2x'(t) + 5x(t) = 4t * e<sup>t</sup>

    Homogenous:

    (a<sup>2</sup> - 2a + 5) e<sup>at</sup> = 0

    a<sup>2</sup> - 2a + 5 = 0
    D = (-2)<sup>2</sup> - 4 * 5 * 1 = -16

    a = (2 +/- 4i) / 2 = 1 +/- 2i

    x(t) = Ae<sup>(1+2i)t</sub> + Be<sub>(1-2i)t</sub>

    Re(x(t)): e<sup>(1+2i)t</sup> = e<sup>t</sup> * (cos(2t) - i sin(2t))
    = e<sup>t</sup> * cos(2t) - i * e<sup>t</sup> sin(2t)

    (1+2i)* = 1-2i

    x(t) = Ae<sup>(1+2i)t</sup> + Be<sup>(1-2i)t </sup>
    = Ae<sup>t</sup> * cos(2t) - Ai * e<sup>t</sup> sin(2t) + Be<sup>t</sup> * cos(2t) + Bi * e<sup>t</sup> sin(2t)

    x(t) = (A+B)cos(2t) * e<sup>t</sup> + (B-A)i * sin(2t) * e<sup>t</sup>

    Can someone help me out with the particular solution?
    Last edited by Aerith's Knight; 11-13-2008 at 11:43 PM.


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