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    Power series exercises

    1. Determine the radius of convergence for the power series


    X∞
    1 n
    f (t) = t
    n=1
    n

    and find its sum (hint: differentiate the series).

    2. Consider the initial value problem

    x′′ − x′ − x = 0, x(0) = 0, x′ (0) = 1.

    2a. Determine
    P n the recursion formula for the coefficients cn of a power series solution
    cn t . What is the radius of convergence for the series?
    2b. Rewrite the recursion formula in terms of the sequence defined by Fn = cn n!
    2c. Solve the initial value problem without use of power series

    3. The equation
    x′′ − tx = 0
    is called Airy’s equation. It plays a role in the theory of optics.

    3a. Determine a recursion formula for a power series solution. What is the radius of
    convergence? Some terms are always zero, which?
    3b. Denote the solution with x(0) = 1, x′ (0) = 0 by A(t), and the solution with x(0) =
    0, x′ (0) = 1 by B(t). Verify that

    X
    ∞
    t3k
    A(t) = 1 +
    k=1
    (2 · 3)(5 · 6) . . . ((3k − 1) · (3k))

    and write down the similar formula for B(t).

    4. Consider the Legendre equation

    (1 − t2 )x′′ − 2tx′ + l(l + 1)x = 0

    with initial values: (a) x(0) = 1, x′ (0) = 0, or: (b) x(0) = 0, x′ (0) = 1.

    4a. Determine
    P∞for every l ∈ C the radius of convergence for the power series solution
    n
    x(t) = n=0 cn t , in both cases (a) and (b).
    4b. Consider the case (b) and l = 0. Show that
    X 1
    x(t) = tk
    k≥1,odd
    k

    for −1 < t < 1. Prove that x(t) → ∞ for t ↑ 1 (hint: For example, you can show
    that x(t) ≥ 21 f (t) for 0 < t < 1, where f is as in Exercise 1).

    5. Consider the equation


    x′′ + et x = 0.

    5a. Determine a recursion formula for a power series solution. What is the radius of
    convergence for the series?
    5b. Determine the first five terms (up to t4 ) of the series in case x(0) = 1, x′ (0) = 0.

    6. Investigate what happens when you try to solve the equation

    tx′ + x = 0
    P∞ n
    by a power series Ansatz x(t) = n=0 cn t .
    Explain the result by solving the equation explicitly.

    7. Verify that the series for the Bessel function Jp (t) converges for all t.

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