76.13.13 problem 13

Internal problem ID [17595]
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 : 13
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 10:44:49 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

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

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.004 (sec). Leaf size: 12

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.015 (sec). Leaf size: 19

DSolve[D[y[x],{x,2}]+5*D[y[x],x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 
\[ y(x)\to c_2-\frac {1}{5} c_1 e^{-5 x} \]