23.2.3 problem 4(c)

Internal problem ID [4120]
Book : Theory and solutions of Ordinary Differential equations, Donald Greenspan, 1960
Section : Chapter 3. Linear differential equations of second order. Exercises at page 31
Problem number : 4(c)
Date solved : Monday, January 27, 2025 at 08:36:43 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

\begin{align*} y^{\prime \prime }+6 y^{\prime }+9 y&=0 \end{align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.002 (sec). Leaf size: 14

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$2)+6*diff(y(x),x)+9*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 
\[ y \left (x \right ) = {\mathrm e}^{-3 x} \left (c_{2} x +c_{1} \right ) \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.015 (sec). Leaf size: 18

DSolve[D[y[x],{x,2}]+6*D[y[x],x]+9*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 
\[ y(x)\to e^{-3 x} (c_2 x+c_1) \]