76.13.4 problem 4

Internal problem ID [17586]
Book : Differential equations. An introduction to modern methods and applications. James Brannan, William E. Boyce. Third edition. Wiley 2015
Section : Chapter 4. Second order linear equations. Section 4.3 (Linear homogeneous equations with constant coefficients). Problems at page 239
Problem number : 4
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10:44:34 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

\begin{align*} 9 y^{\prime \prime }+6 y^{\prime }+y&=0 \end{align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.002 (sec). Leaf size: 14

dsolve(9*diff(y(x),x$2)+6*diff(y(x),x)+y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 
\[ y = {\mathrm e}^{-\frac {x}{3}} \left (c_{2} x +c_{1} \right ) \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.012 (sec). Leaf size: 20

DSolve[9*D[y[x],{x,2}]+6*D[y[x],x]+y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 
\[ y(x)\to e^{-x/3} (c_2 x+c_1) \]