49.9.2 problem 1(b)

Internal problem ID [7651]
Book : An introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations. Earl A. Coddington. Dover. NY 1961
Section : Chapter 2. Linear equations with constant coefficients. Page 83
Problem number : 1(b)
Date solved : Monday, January 27, 2025 at 03:09:01 PM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

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

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.001 (sec). Leaf size: 15

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.012 (sec). Leaf size: 20

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