1.6 problem 11

Internal problem ID [817]

Book: Elementary differential equations and boundary value problems, 11th ed., Boyce, DiPrima, Meade
Section: Chapter 4.1, Higher order linear differential equations. General theory. page 173
Problem number: 11.
ODE order: 3.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_3rd_order, _exact, _linear, _homogeneous]]

Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {x^{3} y^{\prime \prime \prime }+x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }-2 y^{\prime } x +2 y=0} \end {gather*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 18

dsolve(x^3*diff(y(x),x$3)+x^2*diff(y(x),x$2)-2*x*diff(y(x),x)+2*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.004 (sec). Leaf size: 22

DSolve[x^3*y'''[x]+x^2*y''[x]-2*x*y'[x]+2*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to c_3 x^2+c_2 x+\frac {c_1}{x} \\ \end{align*}