Internal problem ID [6300]
Book: Differential Equations: Theory, Technique, and Practice by George Simmons, Steven
Krantz. McGraw-Hill NY. 2007. 1st Edition.
Section: Chapter 2. Second-Order Linear Equations. Section 2.1. Linear Equations with Constant
Coefficients. Page 62
Problem number: 5(h).
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.
CAS Maple gives this as type [[_Emden, _Fowler], [_2nd_order, _linear, `_with_symmetry_[0,F(x)]`]]
\[ \boxed {x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }+y^{\prime } x -2 y=0} \]
✓ Solution by Maple
Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 21
dsolve(x^2*diff(y(x),x$2)+x*diff(y(x),x)-2*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
\[ y \left (x \right ) = c_{1} x^{\sqrt {2}}+c_{2} x^{-\sqrt {2}} \]
✓ Solution by Mathematica
Time used: 0.014 (sec). Leaf size: 28
DSolve[x^2*y''[x]+x*y'[x]-2*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
\[ y(x)\to c_1 x^{-\sqrt {2}}+c_2 x^{\sqrt {2}} \]