62.32.4 problem Ex 4

Internal problem ID [12981]
Book : An elementary treatise on differential equations by Abraham Cohen. DC heath publishers. 1906
Section : Chapter VIII, Linear differential equations of the second order. Article 55. Summary. Page 129
Problem number : Ex 4
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 04:46:14 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _with_linear_symmetries]]

\begin{align*} \left (x^{2}+1\right ) y^{\prime \prime }-2 x y^{\prime }+2 y&=0 \end{align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.004 (sec). Leaf size: 16

dsolve((x^2+1)*diff(y(x),x$2)-2*x*diff(y(x),x)+2*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 
\[ y = c_{2} x^{2}+c_{1} x -c_{2} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.325 (sec). Leaf size: 79

DSolve[(x^2+1)*D[y[x],{x,2}]-2*x*D[y[x],x]+2*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 
\[ y(x)\to \sqrt {x^2+1} \exp \left (\int _1^x\frac {K[1]+2 i}{K[1]^2+1}dK[1]\right ) \left (c_2 \int _1^x\exp \left (-2 \int _1^{K[2]}\frac {K[1]+2 i}{K[1]^2+1}dK[1]\right )dK[2]+c_1\right ) \]