22.1 problem Ex 1

Internal problem ID [10229]

Book: An elementary treatise on differential equations by Abraham Cohen. DC heath publishers. 1906
Section: Chapter VII, Linear differential equations with constant coefficients. Article 44. Roots of auxiliary equation repeated. Page 94
Problem number: Ex 1.
ODE order: 3.
ODE degree: 1.

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

\[ \boxed {4 y^{\prime \prime \prime }-3 y^{\prime }+y=0} \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.016 (sec). Leaf size: 24

dsolve(4*diff(y(x),x$3)-3*diff(y(x),x)+y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \left (x \right ) = {\mathrm e}^{-x} c_{1} +c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{\frac {x}{2}}+c_{3} {\mathrm e}^{\frac {x}{2}} x \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 29

DSolve[4*y'''[x]-3*y'[x]+y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to e^{-x} \left (e^{3 x/2} (c_2 x+c_1)+c_3\right ) \\ \end{align*}