2.1 problem 1

Internal problem ID [887]

Book: Elementary differential equations with boundary value problems. William F. Trench. Brooks/Cole 2001
Section: Chapter 2, First order equations. Linear first order. Section 2.1 Page 41
Problem number: 1.
ODE order: 1.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [_quadrature]

Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {y^{\prime }+a y=0} \end {gather*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 11

dsolve(diff(y(x),x) + a*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.024 (sec). Leaf size: 19

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

\begin{align*} y(x)\to c_1 e^{-a x} \\ y(x)\to 0 \\ \end{align*}