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Note: make a graph of the solution for each solved problem.

  1. Solve the Cauchy equation
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    by taking tex2html_wrap_inline73 as the new independent variable. To eliminate x, use the chain rule of differentiation as in
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    and once more to find y'' in terms of dy/du and tex2html_wrap_inline81. Please do not indicate dy/du also by y'! Solution:
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  2. Solve the aerodynamically damped spring-mass system
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    by taking y as the independent variable and tex2html_wrap_inline89 as the dependent variable. To eliminate the remaining dt, (in tex2html_wrap_inline93), use the chain rule of differentiation. Solution:
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  3. Solve the motion of a falling body with aerodynamic drag:
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    Solution:
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  4. Solve the equation for the streamfunction in a Stokes boundary layer:
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    Note that y=x is one solution. Solution:
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Author: Leon van Dommelen