2.1 problem 1

Internal problem ID [2733]

Book: Differential equations for engineers by Wei-Chau XIE, Cambridge Press 2010
Section: Chapter 4. Linear Differential Equations. Page 183
Problem number: 1.
ODE order: 3.
ODE degree: 1.

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

Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {y^{\prime \prime \prime }-2 y^{\prime \prime }+y^{\prime }-2 y=0} \end {gather*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.002 (sec). Leaf size: 19

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

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 24

DSolve[y'''[x]-2*y''[x]+y'[x]-2*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to c_3 e^{2 x}+c_1 \cos (x)+c_2 \sin (x) \\ \end{align*}