20.6.12 problem Problem 34

Internal problem ID [3707]
Book : Differential equations and linear algebra, Stephen W. Goode and Scott A Annin. Fourth edition, 2015
Section : Chapter 8, Linear differential equations of order n. Section 8.1, General Theory for Linear Differential Equations. page 502
Problem number : Problem 34
Date solved : Monday, January 27, 2025 at 07:55:40 AM
CAS classification : [[_Emden, _Fowler], [_2nd_order, _linear, `_with_symmetry_[0,F(x)]`]]

\begin{align*} x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }+3 x y^{\prime }-8 y&=0 \end{align*}

✓ Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 15

dsolve(x^2*diff(y(x),x$2)+3*x*diff(y(x),x)-8*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \left (x \right ) = \frac {c_{2} x^{6}+c_{1}}{x^{4}} \]

✓ Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.012 (sec). Leaf size: 18

DSolve[x^2*D[y[x],{x,2}]+3*x*D[y[x],x]-8*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to \frac {c_2 x^6+c_1}{x^4} \]