Dr Musa Flashcards
What are differential equations?
A differential equation is an algerbraic or transcendental equation which involves derivatives
What are transcendental equations?
Give some examples
These are equations containing transcendental functions i.e. they transcend algebra. They cannot be expressed in terms of finite sequence of the alegebraic operations of addition, multiplication and root extraction.
Expontential functions, (ex, xπ) logarithmic (log (x)) and trionometric functions (sin(x), cos(x)) are example of transcendental functions
What are difference equations
A difference equation is an algebraic or transcendental equation which involves a dependent variable, say y(k), defined on a discrete set of the independent variables, say x(k), where k is the integer-valued discrete time variable
Differential equations relate to ____-____ ____ in the same sense as difference equations relate to ____-____ ____
Differential equations relate to continuous-time systems in the same sense as difference equations relate to discrete-time systems
What is an ordinary differential equation?
An equation involving;
- One independent variable
- One or more dependant variable, and
- One or more derivatives of the dependent varable with respect to the indedpendent variable
What is a partial differential equation?
An equation involving;
- Two or more independant variables
- One or more dependent varibles, and
- One or more partial derivatives of the dependent variable (or variables) with respect to the independent variable
What is a term of a differential equation?
An explicit function of the independent variable, the dependent variable and the derivatives of the dependent variable
What is a term of a difference equation?
A product and/or quotient of an explicit function of the independent variable and the dependent variable
What is a linear term in a differential equation?
A term whose degree in the dependent variable or their derivatives is 1 (i.e. raised to the power - or degree - or 1)
What is a linear differential equation?
A differential equation consisting of only linear terms
The class of linear differential equations where ai and bi are constants is called…
and these equations represent…?
…Linear differential equations with constant co-efficients and these equations represent linear time-invarient systems
y=y(t) is often called the ____ or the ____ of the system, and is the ____ solutions fo the differential equation to be determined.
Whereas u=u(t) is often called the ____, and is a ____ (or ____) function
y=y(t) is often called the output or the response of the system, and is the unknown solution fo the differential equation to be determined.
Whereas u=u(t) is often called the input, and is a known (or given) function
For physical systems, m ? n and n is the ____ of the diff eqn
m ≤ n and n is the order of the diff eqn
The class of linear difference equation where ai and bi are constants is called…?
…linear difference equations with constant coefficients
Diff/diffence equations that are not linear are called…?
…non linear differential/difference eqns
What is the order of a diff eqn?
The order of a diff equation is the order of the highest derivative appearing in it
What is the order of a difference eqn?
The difference between the largest and the smallest arguements of the interger-valued discrete variable appearing in it
What is the degree of a diff eqn?
The degree of a diff eqn that can be written as a polynomial, in the derivatives is the degree of the highest ordered derivatives that appear in it
What is a differential operator?
When you replace d/dt with a symbol or a letter, say D
An equation or polynomial containing a differential operator is called…?
…the auxiliary or characteristic eqn
D3+D2+2=0
Linear differential equation of the form:
is called a…?
homogeneous nth-order linear differential equation if f(t) = 0; otherwise it is non homogeneous
dy/dt + ry = ? in terms of D
and so D = ?
And then this solution can be wirtten as;
y = ?
(D+r)y = 0
D = -r
y = CeDt
If D
Therefore, the system is ____
If D decays as t…tends to infinity.
Therefore, the system is stable
If D
Therefore, the system is ____
If Dincreases unboundelly as t tends to infinity.
Therefore, the system is unstable
If the (b2-4ac) > 0, the roots of the characteristic equation D1 and D2 are ____ and ____ (i.e. ____)
With the general solution being;
y = ? + ?
If the (b2-4ac) > 0, the roots of the characteristic equation D1 and D2 are real and distinct (i.e. unequal)
With the general solution being;
y = c1eD1t + c2eD2t
If (b2-4ac) = 0 then the roots of the characteristic are ____ and ____
The general solution is
y = ? + ?
If (b2-4ac) = 0 then the roots of the characteristic are real and equal
The general solution is
y = c1eD1t + c2teD2t
If (b2-4ac)
The general solution is
y = ? + ?
If (b2-4ac) complex numbers
The general solution is
y = K1eD1t + K2e<span>D2t</span>
Using Eulier’s identity the last expression can be simplified to
y = eøt(c1 cosßt + c2 sinßt)
Where c1 = K1 + K2
c2 = j(K1 - K2)