9.13 problem 13

Internal problem ID [1119]

Book: Elementary differential equations with boundary value problems. William F. Trench. Brooks/Cole 2001
Section: Chapter 5 linear second order equations. Section 5.6 Reduction or order. Page 253
Problem number: 13.
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 }-3 y^{\prime } x +4 y-4 x^{4}=0} \end {gather*} Given that one solution of the ode is \begin {align*} y_1 &= x^{2} \end {align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.008 (sec). Leaf size: 20

dsolve([x^2*diff(y(x),x$2)-3*x*diff(y(x),x)+4*y(x)=4*x^4,x^2],y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \relax (x ) = x^{2} c_{2}+\ln \relax (x ) c_{1} x^{2}+x^{4} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.008 (sec). Leaf size: 21

DSolve[x^2*y''[x]-3*x*y'[x]+4*y[x]==4*x^4,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to x^2 \left (x^2+2 c_2 \log (x)+c_1\right ) \\ \end{align*}