Chapter 17 · Ordinary Differential Equations
17.08
Variation of Parameters
Variation of parameters finds a particular solution for any forcing term: replace the constants in y_h by functions u₁, u₂ and solve for their derivatives.
About 15 minutes
You'll learn to
- →Compute the Wronskian of two solutions
- →Find particular solutions by variation of parameters
- →Choose between undetermined coefficients and variation of parameters
- →Solve Cauchy–Euler equations