12.2 problem 1(b)

Internal problem ID [10470]

Book: A First Course in Differential Equations by J. David Logan. Third Edition. Springer-Verlag, NY. 2015.
Section: Chapter 2, Second order linear equations. Section 2.4.2 Variation of parameters. Exercises page 124
Problem number: 1(b).
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _linear, _nonhomogeneous]]

\[ \boxed {x^{\prime \prime }-x-{\mathrm e}^{t} t=0} \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 23

dsolve(diff(x(t),t$2)-x(t)=t*exp(t),x(t), singsol=all)
 

\[ x \left (t \right ) = c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{-t}+c_{1} {\mathrm e}^{t}+\frac {\left (t -1\right ) {\mathrm e}^{t} t}{4} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.006 (sec). Leaf size: 33

DSolve[x''[t]-x[t]==t*Exp[t],x[t],t,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} x(t)\to \frac {1}{8} e^t (2 (t-1) t+1+8 c_1)+c_2 e^{-t} \\ \end{align*}