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Expert-verifiedDiscontinuous Forcing Term. In certain physical models, the nonhomogeneous term, or forcing term, g(t) in the equation
may not be continuous but may have a jump discontinuity. If this occurs, we can still obtain a reasonable solution using the following procedure. Consider the initial value problem;
Where,
(a).
Given that,
Consider the differential equation is,
Write the homogeneous differential equation of the equation (1),
The auxiliary equation for the above equation,
Solve the auxiliary equation,
The roots of auxiliary equation are,
The complimentary solution of the given equation is,
Given that,
Assume, the particular solution of equation (1),
Now find the first and second derivative of above equation,
Substitute the value of and in the equation (1),
Therefore, the particular solution of equation (1),
Therefore, the general solution is,
Now find the first and second derivative of above equation,
Given initial condition,
Substitute the value of y = 0 and t = 0 in the equation (3),
Substitute the value of y’ = 0 and t = 0 in the equation (4),
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Substitute the value of in the equation (5),
Substitute the value of and in the equation (3),
(b).
Given that,
,
Again assume, the particular solution of equation (1),
Now find the first and second derivative of above equation,
Substitute the value of and in the equation (1),
Substitute the value of in the equation (7),
Therefore, the particular solution of equation (1),
Therefore, the general solution is,
(c).
Now find the first derivative of the equation (6),
Now find the first derivative of the equation (8),
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