21.3 problem Ex 3

Internal problem ID [11255]

Book: An elementary treatise on differential equations by Abraham Cohen. DC heath publishers. 1906
Section: Chapter VII, Linear differential equations with constant coefficients. Article 43. Page 92
Problem number: Ex 3.
ODE order: 3.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_3rd_order, _missing_x]]

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

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 16

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$3)-diff(y(x),x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.034 (sec). Leaf size: 23

DSolve[y'''[x]-y'[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to c_1 e^x-c_2 e^{-x}+c_3 \]