7.2 problem Problem 26

Internal problem ID [2237]

Book: Differential equations and linear algebra, Stephen W. Goode and Scott A Annin. Fourth edition, 2015
Section: Chapter 8, Linear differential equations of order n. Section 8.3, The Method of Undetermined Coefficients. page 525
Problem number: Problem 26.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _linear, _nonhomogeneous]]

Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {y^{\prime \prime }+4 y^{\prime }+4 y-5 \,{\mathrm e}^{-2 x} x=0} \end {gather*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 27

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$2)+4*diff(y(x),x)+4*y(x)=5*x*exp(-2*x),y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \relax (x ) = c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{-2 x}+{\mathrm e}^{-2 x} x c_{1}+\frac {5 x^{3} {\mathrm e}^{-2 x}}{6} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.008 (sec). Leaf size: 29

DSolve[y''[x]+4*y'[x]+4*y[x]==5*x*Exp[-2*x],y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to \frac {1}{6} e^{-2 x} \left (5 x^3+6 c_2 x+6 c_1\right ) \\ \end{align*}