1.16 problem Problem 22

Internal problem ID [2093]

Book: Differential equations and linear algebra, Stephen W. Goode and Scott A Annin. Fourth edition, 2015
Section: Chapter 1, First-Order Differential Equations. Section 1.2, Basic Ideas and Terminology. page 21
Problem number: Problem 22.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {y^{\prime \prime }-y^{\prime }-6 y=0} \end {gather*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.015 (sec). Leaf size: 17

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$2)-diff(y(x),x)-6*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \relax (x ) = {\mathrm e}^{-2 x} c_{1}+c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{3 x} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 22

DSolve[y''[x]-y'[x]-6*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to e^{-2 x} \left (c_2 e^{5 x}+c_1\right ) \\ \end{align*}