10.9.1 problem 1

Internal problem ID [1303]
Book : Elementary differential equations and boundary value problems, 10th ed., Boyce and DiPrima
Section : Chapter 3, Second order linear equations, 3.4 Repeated roots, reduction of order , page 172
Problem number : 1
Date solved : Monday, January 27, 2025 at 04:50:29 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

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

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.002 (sec). Leaf size: 12

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.011 (sec). Leaf size: 16

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