Internal problem ID [293]
Book: Differential equations and linear algebra, 4th ed., Edwards and Penney
Section: Section 5.3, Higher-Order Linear Differential Equations. Homogeneous Equations with
Constant Coefficients. Page 300
Problem number: problem 18.
ODE order: 4.
ODE degree: 1.
CAS Maple gives this as type [[_high_order, _missing_x]]
Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {y^{\prime \prime \prime \prime }-16 y=0} \end {gather*}
✓ Solution by Maple
Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 29
dsolve(diff(y(x),x$4)=16*y(x),y(x), singsol=all)
\[ y \relax (x ) = {\mathrm e}^{-2 x} c_{1}+c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{2 x}+c_{3} \sin \left (2 x \right )+c_{4} \cos \left (2 x \right ) \]
✓ Solution by Mathematica
Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 36
DSolve[y''''[x]==16*y[x],y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
\begin{align*} y(x)\to c_1 e^{2 x}+c_3 e^{-2 x}+c_2 \cos (2 x)+c_4 \sin (2 x) \\ \end{align*}