Vocab
True/False (and why)
1D ODEs
Systems and Linear Algebra
Systems of ODEs
Laplace Transforms
Direction Fields, Phase Planes, and Plots
100

What is the order of the following ODE?

3(dy)/(dt)+4(d^3y)/(dt^3)=sin(4t)


3

100

The following autonomous ODE system has infinite equilibrium solutions:

x'(t)=y

y'(t)=-sin(x)

True

100

Solve the ODE:

dy/dt+1/2y=1/2e^{t/3}

y(t)=3/5e^{{5t}/6}+ce^{t/2}

100

Do the matrix multiplication:

[[0,1],[2,2]][[1],[2]]

[[2],[6]]

100

find the eigenvalues of the matrix

[[2,1],[1,0]]

1+-sqrt(2)

100

What are the steps to solving an ODE using the Laplace transform?

1) Take the Laplace transform of the equation

2) Solve for Y(s)

3) Take the inverse Laplace transform. 

100

Sketch direction fields for 

1) An unstable node

2) a saddle point

3) a stable spiral point

did they do it?
200

Which of the following ODE's are Linear:

ty''+y=sin(t)

y' = t^2y

y''+sin(y) = 0

1st and 2nd are linear, 3rd is non-linear

200

Does the following ODE model resonance?

2x''+18x=sin(3t)

yes. Natural frequency is sqrt(k/m)=3, forced frequency is also 3.

200

Find an implicit solution to the separable equation:

y'(x)=(3x^2+4x+2)/(2(y-1))

y^2 −2y = x^3 +2x^2 +2x +c

200

Matrix A is (4x4), Matrix B is (1x4) and vector y is (4x1). What size is the matrix 

BA\vec{y}

1x1

200

The eigenvalues of A (2x2) are imaginary complex conjugates. What is the real-valued general solution in this case?

\vec{x}(t)=c_1e^{\lambdat}(\vec{a}cos(\mut)-\vec{b}sin(\mut))+c_2e^{\lambdat}(\vec{a}sin(\mut)+\vec{b}cos(\mut))

200

Using the table, what is 

\mathcal{L}\{t^2e^{-t}\}

2/(s+1)^3

200

Draw a direction field for the ODE, including the "phase line":

x'=x(10-x)

Show on MATLAB. Should have equilibria at 0 and 10. 

300

Give an example of a 2nd order, linear, non-homogeneous ODE with constant coefficients. 

ax''+bx'+cx=f(t) !=0

300

the trace of a matrix A, denoted tr(A), is the sum of its diagonal elements. The characteristic equation of a 2x2 matrix can be written:

\lambda^2-tr(A)\lambda+det(A)

True

det(A-\lambdaI)=(a-\lambda)(d-\lambda)-bc

=\lambda^2-(a+d)\lambda+(ad-bc)

300

The equation below models a mass on a spring with damping, with no forcing term. In terms of m,b, and k, when is the system overdamped i.e. when do solutions decay exponentially?

my′′ + by′ + ky = 0


This happens when we have real eigenvalues of our characteristic equation, when 

b^2-4mk > 0

300

find the determinant of the matrix

[[0,1,0],[1,1,3],[2,1,1]]

5

300

Find the critical points of the system

x'(t)=(x-2)(y+1)

y'(t)=x-xy

2 points, 

(x,y) = (2,1)

(x,y) = (0,-1)

300

Do the integration by parts to find the Laplace transform of the function

f(t)=t

Use integration by parts. Should find

F(s)=1/s^2

300

The table of critical points calls all stable equilibrium "asymptotically stable" except a center which is just "stable". What is different about these terms?

Asymptotically stable means trajectories approach the point but never reach it, stable means the trajectories stay within a certain distance of the critical point but don't approach or move away from it.

400

Is the following equation exact? Show that it is. 

2xcos(x^2+y)dx+cos(x^2+y)dy=0

Yes. An exact equation is of the form M(x,y)+N(x,y)dy/dx=0, or sometimes written as M(x,y)dx+N(x,y)dy=0. It is exact if dM/dy=DN/dx. (Show this is true)

400

is the y(t) a solution to the ODE?

y(t)=e^{-t}([[-1],[0]]+t[[2],[1]])

\vec{x}'(t)=[[-3,4],[-1,1]]\vec{x}

True

400

Find a Particular solution to the ODE:

y''+2y'+y=cos(2t)

y_p(t)=4/25sin(2t)-3/25cos(2t)

400

3 is an eigenvalue of the below matrix. What is the corresponding eigenvector?

[[1,2],[0,3]]

[[1],[1]]

400

Classify the type of critical point at (0,0)

{(x'=x-2y+xy),(y'=x+4y+y^2):}

eigenvalues of Jacobian are 3 and 2, so critical point is an unstable node

400

Find the inverse Laplace transform 

\mathcal{L}^{-1}\{{s-1}/{s^2-s-2}\}

Use Partial fraction decomposition and find

y(t) = 1/3e^{2t}+2/3e^-t


400

Attempt to sketch a 3-D direction field of a critical point with 1 positive, real valued eigenvalue and 2 complex conjugate eigenvalues. 

swirly in a plane, shoots of on another direction. 

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