78.11.5 problem 5

Internal problem ID [18276]
Book : DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH APPLICATIONS AND HISTORICAL NOTES by George F. Simmons. 3rd edition. 2017. CRC press, Boca Raton FL.
Section : Chapter 3. Second order linear equations. Section 16. The Use of a Known Solution to find Another. Problems at page 121
Problem number : 5
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 11:45:02 AM
CAS classification : [_Gegenbauer]

\begin{align*} \left (-x^{2}+1\right ) y^{\prime \prime }-2 x y^{\prime }+2 y&=0 \end{align*}

Using reduction of order method given that one solution is

\begin{align*} y&=x \end{align*}

✓ Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.006 (sec). Leaf size: 25

dsolve([(1-x^2)*diff(y(x),x$2)-2*x*diff(y(x),x)+2*y(x)=0,x],singsol=all)
 

\[ y = -\frac {c_{2} \ln \left (x +1\right ) x}{2}+\frac {c_{2} \ln \left (x -1\right ) x}{2}+c_{1} x +c_{2} \]

✓ Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.019 (sec). Leaf size: 33

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

\[ y(x)\to c_1 x-\frac {1}{2} c_2 (x \log (1-x)-x \log (x+1)+2) \]