9.32 problem 1887

Internal problem ID [9466]

Book: Differential Gleichungen, E. Kamke, 3rd ed. Chelsea Pub. NY, 1948
Section: Chapter 8, system of first order odes
Problem number: 1887.
ODE order: 1.
ODE degree: 1.

Solve \begin {align*} x^{\prime \prime }\relax (t )&=a x \relax (t )+b y \relax (t )\\ y^{\prime \prime }\relax (t )&=c x \relax (t )+d y \relax (t ) \end {align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.111 (sec). Leaf size: 418

dsolve({diff(x(t),t,t)=a*x(t)+b*y(t),diff(y(t),t,t)=c*x(t)+d*y(t)},{x(t), y(t)}, singsol=all)
 

\[ x \relax (t ) = c_{1} {\mathrm e}^{-\frac {\sqrt {-2 \sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}+2 a +2 d}\, t}{2}}+c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{\frac {\sqrt {-2 \sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}+2 a +2 d}\, t}{2}}+c_{3} {\mathrm e}^{-\frac {\sqrt {2 \sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}+2 a +2 d}\, t}{2}}+c_{4} {\mathrm e}^{\frac {\sqrt {2 \sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}+2 a +2 d}\, t}{2}} \] \[ y \relax (t ) = \left (\frac {d}{2 b}+\frac {\frac {\sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}}{2}-\frac {a}{2}}{b}\right ) c_{4} {\mathrm e}^{\frac {\sqrt {2 \sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}+2 a +2 d}\, t}{2}}+\left (\frac {d}{2 b}+\frac {\frac {\sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}}{2}-\frac {a}{2}}{b}\right ) c_{3} {\mathrm e}^{-\frac {\sqrt {2 \sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}+2 a +2 d}\, t}{2}}+\left (\frac {d}{2 b}+\frac {-\frac {\sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}}{2}-\frac {a}{2}}{b}\right ) c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{\frac {\sqrt {-2 \sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}+2 a +2 d}\, t}{2}}+\left (\frac {d}{2 b}+\frac {-\frac {\sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}}{2}-\frac {a}{2}}{b}\right ) c_{1} {\mathrm e}^{-\frac {\sqrt {-2 \sqrt {a^{2}-2 d a +4 b c +d^{2}}+2 a +2 d}\, t}{2}} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.226 (sec). Leaf size: 670

DSolve[{x''[t]==a*x[t]+b*y[t],y''[t]==c*x[t]+d*y[t]},{x[t],y[t]},t,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} x(t)\to \frac {\left (c_1 \left (\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}-a+d\right )-2 b c_3\right ) \cosh \left (\frac {t \sqrt {-\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}{\sqrt {2}}\right )+\left (c_1 \left (\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a-d\right )+2 b c_3\right ) \cosh \left (\frac {t \sqrt {\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}{\sqrt {2}}\right )+\frac {\sqrt {2} \left (c_2 \left (\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}-a+d\right )-2 b c_4\right ) \sinh \left (\frac {t \sqrt {-\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}{\sqrt {2}}\right )}{\sqrt {-\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}+\frac {\sqrt {2} \left (c_2 \left (\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a-d\right )+2 b c_4\right ) \sinh \left (\frac {t \sqrt {\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}{\sqrt {2}}\right )}{\sqrt {\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}}{2 \sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}} \\ y(t)\to \frac {\left (c_3 \left (\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a-d\right )-2 c c_1\right ) \cosh \left (\frac {t \sqrt {-\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}{\sqrt {2}}\right )+\left (c_3 \left (\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}-a+d\right )+2 c c_1\right ) \cosh \left (\frac {t \sqrt {\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}{\sqrt {2}}\right )+\frac {\sqrt {2} \left (c_4 \left (\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a-d\right )-2 c c_2\right ) \sinh \left (\frac {t \sqrt {-\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}{\sqrt {2}}\right )}{\sqrt {-\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}+\frac {\sqrt {2} \left (c_4 \left (\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}-a+d\right )+2 c c_2\right ) \sinh \left (\frac {t \sqrt {\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}{\sqrt {2}}\right )}{\sqrt {\sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}+a+d}}}{2 \sqrt {(a-d)^2+4 b c}} \\ \end{align*}