64.8.8 problem 11

Internal problem ID [13396]
Book : Differential Equations by Shepley L. Ross. Third edition. John Willey. New Delhi. 2004.
Section : Chapter 4, Section 4.1. Basic theory of linear differential equations. Exercises page 113
Problem number : 11
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 05:41:44 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

\begin{align*} y^{\prime \prime }-5 y^{\prime }+4 y&=0 \end{align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.005 (sec). Leaf size: 15

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$2)-5*diff(y(x),x)+4*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 
\[ y = {\mathrm e}^{x} c_{1} +c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{4 x} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.011 (sec). Leaf size: 20

DSolve[D[y[x],{x,2}]-5*D[y[x],x]+4*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 
\[ y(x)\to e^x \left (c_2 e^{3 x}+c_1\right ) \]