Internal problem ID [5592]
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 2.4. THE USE OF A KNOWN
SOLUTION TO FIND ANOTHER. Page 74
Problem number: 6(c).
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.
CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _with_linear_symmetries]]
Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }-x \left (2+x \right ) y^{\prime }+\left (2+x \right ) y=0} \end {gather*} Given that one solution of the ode is \begin {align*} y_1 &= x \end {align*}
✓ Solution by Maple
Time used: 0.005 (sec). Leaf size: 13
dsolve([x^2*diff(y(x),x$2)-x*(x+2)*diff(y(x),x)+(x+2)*y(x)=0,x],y(x), singsol=all)
\[ y \relax (x ) = c_{1} x +c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{x} x \]
✓ Solution by Mathematica
Time used: 0.007 (sec). Leaf size: 16
DSolve[x^2*y''[x]-x*(x+2)*y'[x]+(x+2)*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
\begin{align*} y(x)\to x \left (c_2 e^x+c_1\right ) \\ \end{align*}