7.12 problem 12

Internal problem ID [610]

Book: Elementary differential equations and boundary value problems, 10th ed., Boyce and DiPrima
Section: Chapter 3, Second order linear equations, 3.1 Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients, page 144
Problem number: 12.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

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

\[ \boxed {y^{\prime \prime }+3 y^{\prime }=0} \] With initial conditions \begin {align*} [y \left (0\right ) = -2, y^{\prime }\left (0\right ) = 3] \end {align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.015 (sec). Leaf size: 12

dsolve([diff(y(x),x$2) +3*diff(y(x),x) = 0,y(0) = -2, D(y)(0) = 3],y(x), singsol=all)
 

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.014 (sec). Leaf size: 14

DSolve[{y''[x]+3*y'[x]==0,{y[0]==-2,y'[0]==3}},y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to -e^{-3 x}-1 \]