2.2 problem problem 11

Internal problem ID [286]

Book: Differential equations and linear algebra, 4th ed., Edwards and Penney
Section: Section 5.3, Higher-Order Linear Differential Equations. Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients. Page 300
Problem number: problem 11.
ODE order: 4.
ODE degree: 1.

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

\[ \boxed {y^{\prime \prime \prime \prime }-8 y^{\prime \prime \prime }+16 y^{\prime \prime }=0} \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.016 (sec). Leaf size: 22

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$4)-8*diff(y(x),x$3)+16*diff(y(x),x$2)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \left (x \right ) = c_{1} +x c_{2} +c_{3} {\mathrm e}^{4 x}+c_{4} {\mathrm e}^{4 x} x \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.081 (sec). Leaf size: 34

DSolve[y''''[x]-8*y'''[x]+16*y''[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to \frac {1}{32} e^{4 x} (c_2 (2 x-1)+2 c_1)+c_4 x+c_3 \]