73.13.22 problem 20.2 (d)

Internal problem ID [15400]
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 : 20.2 (d)
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 07:54:30 AM
CAS classification : [[_Emden, _Fowler]]

\begin{align*} x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }-x y^{\prime }+y&=0 \end{align*}

With initial conditions

\begin{align*} y \left (1\right )&=3\\ y^{\prime }\left (1\right )&=0 \end{align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.013 (sec). Leaf size: 13

dsolve([x^2*diff(y(x),x$2)-x*diff(y(x),x)+y(x)=0,y(1) = 3, D(y)(1) = 0],y(x), singsol=all)
 
\[ y = 3 x -3 \ln \left (x \right ) x \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.017 (sec). Leaf size: 12

DSolve[{x^2*D[y[x],{x,2}]-x*D[y[x],x]+y[x]==0,{y[1]==3,Derivative[1][y][1]==0}},y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 
\[ y(x)\to -3 x (\log (x)-1) \]