29.2 problem 2(b)

Internal problem ID [6530]

Book: Differential Equations: Theory, Technique, and Practice by George Simmons, Steven Krantz. McGraw-Hill NY. 2007. 1st Edition.
Section: Chapter 10. Systems of First-Order Equations. Section A. Drill exercises. Page 400
Problem number: 2(b).
ODE order: 1.
ODE degree: 1.

Solve \begin {align*} x^{\prime }\left (t \right )&=x \left (t \right )+y \left (t \right )\\ y^{\prime }\left (t \right )&=4 x \left (t \right )+y \left (t \right ) \end {align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.047 (sec). Leaf size: 36

dsolve([diff(x(t),t)=x(t)+y(t),diff(y(t),t)=4*x(t)+y(t)],[x(t), y(t)], singsol=all)
 

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 70

DSolve[{x'[t]==x[t]+y[t],y'[t]==4*x[t]+y[t]},{x[t],y[t]},t,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} x(t)\to \frac {1}{4} e^{-t} \left (2 c_1 \left (e^{4 t}+1\right )+c_2 \left (e^{4 t}-1\right )\right ) y(t)\to \frac {1}{2} e^{-t} \left (2 c_1 \left (e^{4 t}-1\right )+c_2 \left (e^{4 t}+1\right )\right ) \end{align*}