Deck 11: Boundary Value Problems and Sturm-Liouville Theory
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Deck 11: Boundary Value Problems and Sturm-Liouville Theory
1
Consider the boundary value problem 
Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.
A) = 0 is an eigenvalue.
B) There is one negative eigenvalue
= -
such that tanh
=
; the corresponding eigenvectors are
(x) = C sinh(
x), where C is an arbitrary nonzero real constant.
C) There are infinitely many positive eigenvalues
= -
, n = 1, 2, 3, ... such that
; the corresponding eigenvectors are
(x) =
sin(
x), where
is an arbitrary nonzero real constant.
D) There are infinitely many negative eigenvalues
= -
, n = 1, 2, 3, ... such that
; the corresponding eigenvectors are
(x) =
sin(
x), where
is an arbitrary nonzero real constant.

Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.
A) = 0 is an eigenvalue.
B) There is one negative eigenvalue






C) There are infinitely many positive eigenvalues







D) There are infinitely many negative eigenvalues







There is one negative eigenvalue
= -
such that tanh
=
; the corresponding eigenvectors are
(x) = C sinh(
x), where C is an arbitrary nonzero real constant.
There are infinitely many positive eigenvalues
= -
, n = 1, 2, 3, ... such that
; the corresponding eigenvectors are
(x) =
sin(
x), where
is an arbitrary nonzero real constant.






There are infinitely many positive eigenvalues







2
Consider the boundary value problem

Which of the following is a complete list of the eigenvalue-eigenvector pairs for this boundary value problem?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Which of the following is a complete list of the eigenvalue-eigenvector pairs for this boundary value problem?
A)

B)

C)

D)


3
Consider the boundary value problem

Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.
A) There are infinitely many negative eigenvalues = -
satisfying the equation
.
B) The positive eigenvalue satisfies the equation
= -tan(6
).
C) = 0 is an eigenvalue.
D) There are no negative eigenvalues.
E) = 0 is not an eigenvalue.

Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.
A) There are infinitely many negative eigenvalues = -


B) The positive eigenvalue satisfies the equation


C) = 0 is an eigenvalue.
D) There are no negative eigenvalues.
E) = 0 is not an eigenvalue.
The positive eigenvalue satisfies the equation
= -tan(6
).
There are no negative eigenvalues.
= 0 is not an eigenvalue.


There are no negative eigenvalues.
= 0 is not an eigenvalue.
4
Consider the Sturm-Liouville problem

Given the eigenfunctions of this boundary value problem are
.
Using this as an orthonormal basis, which of the following is the eigenfunction expansion of
A)
B)
C)
D)

Given the eigenfunctions of this boundary value problem are

Using this as an orthonormal basis, which of the following is the eigenfunction expansion of

A)

B)

C)

D)

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5
Consider the Sturm-Liouville problem
eigenfunction expansion of f(x) = 7x?

eigenfunction expansion of f(x) = 7x?
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6
Consider the boundary value problem
This equation is in self-adjoint form.

This equation is in self-adjoint form.
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7
Consider the boundary value problem

A)
B)
C)
D)

A)

B)

C)

D)

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8
Consider the boundary value problem

What is the eigenfunction expansion of the solution y(x) of this boundary value problem?
A)
B)
C)
D)

What is the eigenfunction expansion of the solution y(x) of this boundary value problem?
A)

B)

C)

D)

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9
Determine the eigenfunctions for the eigenvalue problem


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10
Consider the eigenfunction problem

What are the eigenvalues?
A)
B)
C)
D)

What are the eigenvalues?
A)

B)

C)

D)

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11
Consider the eigenfunction problem
What are the corresponding eigenfunctions?

What are the corresponding eigenfunctions?
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12
Consider the eigenfunction problem


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13
Consider the boundary value problem

Which of these equations do the eigenvalues
satisfy?
A) sin(2
) +
cos(2
) = 0, n = 1, 2, 3, ...
B) sin(2
) -
cos(2
) = 0, n = 1, 2, 3, ...
C)
D)

Which of these equations do the eigenvalues

A) sin(2



B) sin(2



C)

D)

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14
Consider the boundary value problem
Determine the normalized eigenfunctions
(x).

Determine the normalized eigenfunctions

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15
Consider the boundary value problem


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16
Consider the boundary value problem

Which of these is the Green's function for this boundary value problem?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Which of these is the Green's function for this boundary value problem?
A)
B)
C)
D)
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17
Consider the boundary value problem
-
= f(x), 0 < x < 1, y(0) = 0,
(1) = 0
Which of these is the Green's function representation of the solution of the given boundary value problem?
A)
B)
C)
D)
-


Which of these is the Green's function representation of the solution of the given boundary value problem?
A)
B)
C)
D)
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18
Consider the boundary value problem
Evaluate the Green's function representation of the solution when f(x) = 17x + 9, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.

Evaluate the Green's function representation of the solution when f(x) = 17x + 9, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.
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19
The singular Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem consisting of the differential equation
with boundary conditions that both y and
remain bounded as x approaches 0 from the right and that y(1) +
(1) = 0 is self-adjoint.



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