IGNOU PHE-05
- Mathematical Methods in Physics-II,
Latest Solved Assignment
(January 2024 - December 2024)

1. a) Solve the following ordinary differential equations:
i) y’ = (y -1) cot x
ii) y” + 2y’ + y = e- 2x
b) Solve the initial value problem:

2. A parachutist is falling with a speed of 100 ms-1 when his parachute opens. If the air resistance is (Mv2)/ 25 where M is the total mass of the man and his parachute, find the speed of the man as a function of time t after the parachute opens. Take g = 10 ms-1.

3. A 1 kg mass is attached to a spring of spring constant 12 Nm-1 and the system is immersed in a medium which exerts a damping force equal to 8 times the instantaneous velocity of the mass. Determine the position of the mass as a function of time if it is released from rest at a point 0.5 m below its equilibrium position.

4. Determine the roots of the indicial equation around the point x = 0 for the following ODE:

5. a) Show that:

is a solution of the one-dimensional heat equation.
b) Determine all the first and second order partial derivatives for the function:
u (x, y)= x2 sin y + y2 cos x

6. Write the following partial differential equation in spherical polar coordinates and reduce it to a set of three ODEs by the method of separation of variables:
∇2 f + k2 f = 0

7. Obtain the Fourier series for the following odd function which has a period of 2π:
f(x)= x sin 2 x for - π < x < π

8. Solve the heat conduction problem:

Given that
T (0,t) = T (5,t) = 0
and
T (x,0) = 3sin(πx) - 2sin(2πx) + sin(5πx)