22.4 problem Ex 4

Internal problem ID [10236]

Book: An elementary treatise on differential equations by Abraham Cohen. DC heath publishers. 1906
Section: Chapter VII, Linear differential equations with constant coefficients. Article 44. Roots of auxiliary equation repeated. Page 94
Problem number: Ex 4.
ODE order: 3.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_3rd_order, _missing_x]]

Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {y^{\prime \prime \prime }-6 y^{\prime \prime }+9 y^{\prime }=0} \end {gather*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 19

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$3)-6*diff(y(x),x$2)+9*diff(y(x),x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.016 (sec). Leaf size: 30

DSolve[y'''[x]-6*y''[x]+9*y'[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to \frac {1}{9} e^{3 x} (c_2 (3 x-1)+3 c_1)+c_3 \\ \end{align*}