Internal
problem
ID
[308]
Book
:
Elementary
Differential
Equations.
By
C.
Henry
Edwards,
David
E.
Penney
and
David
Calvis.
6th
edition.
2008
Section
:
Chapter
2.
Linear
Equations
of
Higher
Order.
Section
2.3
(Homogeneous
equations
with
constant
coefficients).
Problems
at
page
134
Problem
number
:
38
Date
solved
:
Tuesday, March 04, 2025 at 11:07:36 AM
CAS
classification
:
[[_3rd_order, _missing_x]]
Using reduction of order method given that one solution is
With initial conditions
ode:=diff(diff(diff(y(x),x),x),x)-5*diff(diff(y(x),x),x)+100*diff(y(x),x)-500*y(x) = 0; ic:=y(0) = 0, D(y)(0) = 10, (D@@2)(y)(0) = 250; dsolve([ode,ic],y(x), singsol=all);
ode=D[y[x],{x,3}]-5*D[y[x],{x,2}]+100*D[y[x],x]-500*y[x]==0; ic={y[0]==0,Derivative[1][y][0] ==10,Derivative[2][y][0] ==250}; DSolve[{ode,ic},y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions->True]
from sympy import * x = symbols("x") y = Function("y") ode = Eq(-500*y(x) + 100*Derivative(y(x), x) - 5*Derivative(y(x), (x, 2)) + Derivative(y(x), (x, 3)),0) ics = {y(0): 0, Subs(Derivative(y(x), x), x, 0): 10, Subs(Derivative(y(x), (x, 2)), x, 0): 250} dsolve(ode,func=y(x),ics=ics)