I have the Cauchy problem: $$\begin{cases} f'=g(t)+2(f-5) \\ f(0)=2\end{cases}$$
Now $g(t)$ is a periodic function: $$g(t)=\begin{cases} 0,t\in(24k,24k+8)\\ 2,t\notin(24k,24k+8) \end{cases}$$
for $k=1,2,3...$ How can I solve this Cauchy Problem? Since $g$ is not continuous I don't know what to do.
I am using sagemath to solve it.
Rewrite as
$$ f' - 2f = g - 10 $$
A Fourier method is appropriate here. Since $g$ has a period of $24$, we can assume a series solution of similar periodicity
$$ f(t) = f_0 + \sum_{n=1}^\infty \left[f_n\cos\left(\frac{n\pi}{12}t\right) + f_n^*\sin\left(\frac{n\pi}{12}t\right) \right]$$
Next, decompose $g$ to its Fourier series
$$ g(t) = g_0 + \sum_{n=1}^\infty \left[g_n\cos\left(\frac{n\pi}{12}t\right) + g_n^*\sin\left(\frac{n\pi}{12}t\right) \right] $$
From the usual definitions:
$$ g_0 = \frac{1}{24}\int_0^{24} g(t)\ dt = \int_8^{24} 2\ dt = \frac{4}{3} $$ $$ g_n = \frac{1}{12}\int_ 8^{24} 2\cos\left(\frac{n\pi}{12}t\right) dt = -\frac{2}{n\pi}\sin \frac{2n\pi}{3} $$ $$ g_n^* = \frac{1}{12}\int_8^{24} 2\sin\left(\frac{n\pi}{12}t\right)dt = -\frac{2}{n\pi}\left[1-\cos \frac{2n\pi}{3} \right] $$
Plug in the 2 series and compare coefficients, we get:
$$ -2f_0 = g_0 - 10 $$ $$ -2f_n + \frac{n\pi}{12}f_n^* = g_n $$ $$ -2f_n^* - \frac{n\pi}{12}f_n = g_n^* $$
Solve the above system of the equations to find $f_n$ and $f_n^*$