Internal problem ID [5520]
Book: Differential Equations: Theory, Technique, and Practice by George Simmons, Steven Krantz.
McGraw-Hill NY. 2007. 1st Edition.
Section: Chapter 2. Second-Order Linear Equations. Section 2.1. Linear Equations with Constant
Coefficients. Page 62
Problem number: 1(e).
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.
CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]
Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {y^{\prime \prime }-4 y^{\prime }+4 y=0} \end {gather*}
✓ Solution by Maple
Time used: 0.001 (sec). Leaf size: 18
dsolve(diff(y(x),x$2)-4*diff(y(x),x)+4*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
\[ y \relax (x ) = {\mathrm e}^{2 x} c_{1}+c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{2 x} x \]
✓ Solution by Mathematica
Time used: 0.002 (sec). Leaf size: 18
DSolve[y''[x]-4*y'[x]+4*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
\begin{align*} y(x)\to e^{2 x} (c_2 x+c_1) \\ \end{align*}