Ordinary Di®erential Equations Fabio Bagagiolo Dipartimento di Matematica, Universit`adi Trento
[email protected] Contents 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Motivating examples . 4 1.2 Notations, de¯nitions and further considerations . 9 1.3 Solving by hands and the need of a general theory . 13 1.4 Frequently asked questions . 16 2 Existence and uniqueness theorems for the Cauchy problem 18 2.1 De¯nitions: local and global existence . 18 2.2 The integral representation . 19 2.3 The Peano existence theorem under continuity hypothesis . 20 2.3.1 A ¯rst proof: a delayed argument . 20 2.3.2 A (sketched) second proof: the Euler method . 21 2.3.3 An example of non existence . 23 2.3.4 An example of non uniqueness . 23 2.4 Local existence and uniqueness under Lipschitz continuity hypothesis . 24 2.5 Global existence and uniqueness under Lipschitz continuity hypothesis . 26 3 The linear case 30 3.1 Linear systems of ¯rst order equations . 30 3.2 Homogeneous linear systems of ¯rst order equations . 31 3.2.1 The fundamental set of solutions and the Wronskian . 31 3.3 Homogeneous systems of ¯rst order linear equations with constant coe±cients 34 3.3.1 The homogeneous linear equation of n-th order with constant coef- ¯cients . 36 3.4 Nonhomogeneous systems of ¯rst order linear equations . 42 3.4.1 The constants variation method . 43 3.4.2 The nonhomogeneous linear system with constant coe±cients . 44 3.4.3 The nonhomogeneous linear equation of n-order with constants co- e±cients.