13.1 problem 20.1 (a)

Internal problem ID [13323]

Book: Ordinary Differential Equations. An introduction to the fundamentals. Kenneth B. Howell. second edition. CRC Press. FL, USA. 2020
Section: Chapter 20. Euler equations. Additional exercises page 382
Problem number: 20.1 (a).
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_Emden, _Fowler], [_2nd_order, _linear, `_with_symmetry_[0,F(x)]`]]

\[ \boxed {x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }-5 y^{\prime } x +8 y=0} \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 15

dsolve(x^2*diff(y(x),x$2)-5*x*diff(y(x),x)+8*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y = c_{2} x^{4}+c_{1} x^{2} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.009 (sec). Leaf size: 18

DSolve[x^2*y''[x]-5*x*y'[x]+8*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to x^2 \left (c_2 x^2+c_1\right ) \]