79.2.8 problem 6 (i)

Internal problem ID [18521]
Book : Elementary Differential Equations. By R.L.E. Schwarzenberger. Chapman and Hall. London. First Edition (1969)
Section : Chapter 4. Autonomous systems. Exercises at page 69
Problem number : 6 (i)
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 11:51:49 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

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

With initial conditions

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

✓ Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.010 (sec). Leaf size: 13

dsolve([diff(x(t),t$2)-3*diff(x(t),t)+2*x(t)=0,x(0) = 0, D(x)(0) = 1],x(t), singsol=all)
 

\[ x = {\mathrm e}^{2 t}-{\mathrm e}^{t} \]

✓ Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.012 (sec). Leaf size: 14

DSolve[{D[x[t],{t,2}]-3*D[x[t],t]+2*x[t]==0,{x[0]==0,Derivative[1][x][0] == 1}},x[t],t,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ x(t)\to e^t \left (e^t-1\right ) \]