Internal problem ID [5542]
Book: Differential Equations: Theory, Technique, and Practice by George Simmons, Steven Krantz.
McGraw-Hill NY. 2007. 1st Edition.
Section: Chapter 2. Second-Order Linear Equations. Section 2.1. Linear Equations with Constant
Coefficients. Page 62
Problem number: 5(c).
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.
CAS Maple gives this as type [[_Emden, _Fowler]]
Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }+2 x y^{\prime }-12 y=0} \end {gather*}
✓ Solution by Maple
Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 15
dsolve(x^2*diff(y(x),x$2)+2*x*diff(y(x),x)-12*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
\[ y \relax (x ) = x^{3} c_{1}+\frac {c_{2}}{x^{4}} \]
✓ Solution by Mathematica
Time used: 0.004 (sec). Leaf size: 18
DSolve[x^2*y''[x]+2*x*y'[x]-12*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
\begin{align*} y(x)\to \frac {c_2 x^7+c_1}{x^4} \\ \end{align*}