Definition
Let t be a real variable, and suppose we have the following. A
system of n linear ODEs has the following form...
y10 = a1,1 y1 + a1,2 y2 + · + a1,n yn + b1
y20 = a2,1 y1 + a2,2 y2 + · + a2,n yn + b2
..
.
yn0 = an,1 y1 + an,2 y2 + · + an,n yn + bn Definition
...where
I ai,j (t) are real-valued functions of t.
I b1 (t), b2 (t), . . . , bn (t) are real-valued functions of t
I y1 (t), y2 (t), . . . , yn (t) are real-valued differentiable functions System of 2 linear ODEs
Just have x(t) and y (t).
x 0 = a1,1 x + a1,2 y + b1
y 0 = a2,1 x + a2,2 y + b2 Connection with Higher-order Linear ODEs
Suppose we have the second order-linear ODE
a(t)y 00 + b(t)y 0 + c(t)y = f (t).
Let x = y 0 so that x 0 = y 00 = − b(t)
a(t) x −
have the following linear system
x0
y0
=
=
− b(t)
a(t) x
x
−
c(t)
a(t) y
c(t)
a(t) y
+
+
f (t)
a(t) .
f (t)
a(t)
Then, we Example
Convert the second order linear ODE to a system of 2 linear ODEs.
2y 00 + 3y 0 + y = 12t
Section 9.1: Relationship between Higher-order Linear ODEs
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