74.18.8 problem 14

Internal problem ID [16565]
Book : INTRODUCTORY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. Martha L. Abell, James P. Braselton. Fourth edition 2014. ElScAe. 2014
Section : Chapter 4. Higher Order Equations. Chapter 4 review exercises, page 219
Problem number : 14
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 09:10:56 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

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

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 14

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.013 (sec). Leaf size: 18

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