63.6.4 problem 1(d)

Internal problem ID [13115]
Book : A First Course in Differential Equations by J. David Logan. Third Edition. Springer-Verlag, NY. 2015.
Section : Chapter 2, Second order linear equations. Section 2.2.2 Real eigenvalues. Exercises page 90
Problem number : 1(d)
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 04:53:13 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

\begin{align*} x^{\prime \prime }+4 x^{\prime }+3 x&=0 \end{align*}

With initial conditions

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

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.018 (sec). Leaf size: 17

dsolve([diff(x(t),t$2)+4*diff(x(t),t)+3*x(t)=0,x(0) = 1, D(x)(0) = 0],x(t), singsol=all)
 
\[ x \left (t \right ) = -\frac {{\mathrm e}^{-3 t}}{2}+\frac {3 \,{\mathrm e}^{-t}}{2} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.014 (sec). Leaf size: 23

DSolve[{D[x[t],{t,2}]+4*D[x[t],t]+3*x[t]==0,{x[0]==1,Derivative[1][x][0 ]==0}},x[t],t,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 
\[ x(t)\to \frac {1}{2} e^{-3 t} \left (3 e^{2 t}-1\right ) \]