Chapter 1 (Definition)

1. 9.

2. 10.

3. ( ) 11. ( ) ( )
4. ( ) ( ) 12. ( ) ( )
5.
13. ( ) ( )
6.
14.
7.
15.
8. ( ) 16.

17.Verify that is a solution of the equation in Exercise 1.

18. Verify that is a solution of the equation in Exercise 5.
19. Verify that is a solution of the equation in Exercise 5.
20. Bessels function of index zero is defined by the power series. Verify that
( ) is a solution of the differential equation.
( )
( ) ( )

21. Verify that for ( ) is a solution of the equation in Exercise 6.

Chapter 1 (Elimination of Arbitrary Constants)

1. 12.

2. 13.

3. 14.

4. 15.

5. ( ); a 16.

parameter, not to be eliminated. 17.

6. ; a 18.

parameter. 19.

7. 20.

21.
8. ; a parameter, to
; and are
be eliminated.
parameters.
9.
22.
10.
23.
11.
24.

25.
Chapter 1 (Families of Curves)

1. Straight lines through the origin.

2. Straight lines through the fixed point( ); and not to be eliminated.
3. Straight lines with slope and y-intercept equal.
4. Straight lines with slope and x-intercepts equal.
5. Straight lines with algebraic sum of the intercepts fixed as .
6. Straight lines at a fixed distance from the origin.
7. Circles with center at the origin.
8. Circles with center on the x-axis.
9. Circles with fixed radius and tangent to the x-axis.
10. Circles tangent to the x-axis.
11. Circles with center on the line , and passing through the origin.
12. Circles of radius unity. Use the fact that the radius of curvature is 1.
13. All circles. Use the curvature.
14. Parabolas with vertex on the x-axis, with axis parallel to the y-axis, and with
distance from focus to vertex fixed as .
15. Parabolas with vertex on the y-axis, with axis parallel to the x-axis, and with
distance from focus to vertex fixed as .
16. Parabolas with axis parallel on the y-axis and with distance from the vertex to
fixed as .
17. Parabolas with axis parallel on the x-axis and with distance from the vertex to
fixed as .
18. Work Exercise 17, using differentiation with respect to .
19. Use the fact that

( ) ( ) ( )
( )
to prove that the answers to Exercise 17 and 18 are equivalent.
20. Parabolas with vertex and fous on the x-axis.
21. Parabolas with axis parallel to the x-axis.
22. Central conics with center at the origin and vertices on the coordinate axes.

23. The confocal central conics with and held fixed.

24. The cubics ( ) with held fixed.

25. The cubics of Exercise 24 with held fixed and to be eliminated.
26. The quartics ( ) with held fixed.
27. The quartics of Exercise 26 with held fixed and to be eliminated.
( )
28. The strophoids .

29. The cissoids .

30. The trisectrices of Maclaurin ( ) ( ).

31. Circles through the intersections of the circle and the line .
Use the form; that is, the equation ( ) .
32. Circles through the fixed points ( ) and ( ). Use the method of Exercise
31.
33. The circles ( ).
34. The cardioids ( ).
35. The cissoids . (See Exercise 29.)
36. The strophoids ( ).
37. The trisectrices of Maclaurin ( ). (See Exercise 30.)