4.8 problem problem 8

Internal problem ID [322]

Book: Differential equations and linear algebra, 4th ed., Edwards and Penney
Section: Section 7.3, The eigenvalue method for linear systems. Page 395
Problem number: problem 8.
ODE order: 1.
ODE degree: 1.

Solve \begin {align*} x_{1}^{\prime }\relax (t )&=x_{1} \relax (t )-5 x_{2} \relax (t )\\ x_{2}^{\prime }\relax (t )&=x_{1} \relax (t )-x_{2} \relax (t ) \end {align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.031 (sec). Leaf size: 48

dsolve([diff(x__1(t),t)=x__1(t)-5*x__2(t),diff(x__2(t),t)=x__1(t)-x__2(t)],[x__1(t), x__2(t)], singsol=all)
 

\[ x_{1} \relax (t ) = 2 c_{1} \cos \left (2 t \right )-2 c_{2} \sin \left (2 t \right )+c_{1} \sin \left (2 t \right )+c_{2} \cos \left (2 t \right ) \] \[ x_{2} \relax (t ) = c_{1} \sin \left (2 t \right )+c_{2} \cos \left (2 t \right ) \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.008 (sec). Leaf size: 48

DSolve[{x1'[t]==x1[t]-5*x2[t],x2'[t]==x1[t]-x2[t]},{x1[t],x2[t]},t,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} \text {x1}(t)\to c_1 \cos (2 t)+(c_1-5 c_2) \sin (t) \cos (t) \\ \text {x2}(t)\to c_2 \cos (2 t)+(c_1-c_2) \sin (t) \cos (t) \\ \end{align*}