MATH 310 Summer 2011

Differential Equations

Homework Set 4 Due Friday, 10 June 2011

Course Information is on WebCT

Textbook references are to:
Boyce and DiPrima
“Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems” (9th edition).

Reading:
• Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

Problems to hand in:

• Section 2.5, # 3, 7, 12, 18
Critical points and stability, qualitative behaviour
For #18, recall: the volume of a cone of base radius a, height h is 31 πa2 h.
• Section 2.5, # 20, 23
Applications to fisheries management and epidemiology
• Section 2.5, # 26
An introduction to dynamical systems and bifurcation;
you should first read the preceding text and read (or try) #25
• Section 2.6, # 4, 6, 13, 16, 18
Exact equations
First rewrite #6 in the form of an exact DE
(note that this DE is homogeneous)
• Miscellaneous Problems (p.132, after Section 2.9), # 37, 40, 43
Second-order DEs that can be reduced to first-order DEs
We will learn easier methods of solving #40 and especially #43

Optional exercises: You are strongly encouraged to look at and work through other problems;
the following is a suggested selection of other useful or interesting (optional) exercises:

• Section 2.5, # 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 19, 25

Qualitative behaviour, fixed points, stability
# 25–26 is an introduction to dynamical systems and bifurcation
• Section 2.5, # 16, 17(a), 22
Applications to population models and epidemics. . .
You could also try #21 and #24 for other harvesting and epidemic models
• Section 2.6, # 3, 5, 8, 10, 15, 19
Exact equations
Do as many of # 1–12 as needed
• Miscellaneous Problems (p.132, after Section 2.9), # 36, 42
Second-order DEs that can be reduced to first-order DEs