10.7.2 problem 2

Internal problem ID [1250]
Book : Elementary differential equations and boundary value problems, 10th ed., Boyce and DiPrima
Section : Chapter 3, Second order linear equations, 3.1 Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients, page 144
Problem number : 2
Date solved : Monday, January 27, 2025 at 04:47:51 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

\begin{align*} y^{\prime \prime }+3 y^{\prime }+2 y&=0 \end{align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.002 (sec). Leaf size: 17

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$2) +3*diff(y(x),x)+2*y(x) = 0,y(x), singsol=all)
 
\[ y = {\mathrm e}^{-2 x} c_1 +c_2 \,{\mathrm e}^{-x} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.013 (sec). Leaf size: 20

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