33.4 problem Ex 4

Internal problem ID [10297]

Book: An elementary treatise on differential equations by Abraham Cohen. DC heath publishers. 1906
Section: Chapter IX, Miscellaneous methods for solving equations of higher order than first. Article 57. Dependent variable absent. Page 132
Problem number: Ex 4.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _quadrature]]

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

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 15

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

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.02 (sec). Leaf size: 19

DSolve[y''[x]==x*Exp[x],y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

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