74.13.8 problem 25

Internal problem ID [16374]
Book : INTRODUCTORY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. Martha L. Abell, James P. Braselton. Fourth edition 2014. ElScAe. 2014
Section : Chapter 4. Higher Order Equations. Exercises 4.5, page 175
Problem number : 25
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 09:07:19 AM
CAS classification : [[_3rd_order, _missing_x]]

\begin{align*} y^{\prime \prime \prime }-5 y^{\prime }+2 y&=0 \end{align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 32

dsolve(diff(y(t),t$3)-5*diff(y(t),t)+2*y(t)=0,y(t), singsol=all)
 
\[ y = c_{1} {\mathrm e}^{2 t}+c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{\left (\sqrt {2}-1\right ) t}+c_{3} {\mathrm e}^{-\left (1+\sqrt {2}\right ) t} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.004 (sec). Leaf size: 43

DSolve[D[ y[t],{t,3}]-5*D[y[t],t]+2*y[t]==0,y[t],t,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 
\[ y(t)\to c_1 e^{-\left (\left (1+\sqrt {2}\right ) t\right )}+c_2 e^{\left (\sqrt {2}-1\right ) t}+c_3 e^{2 t} \]