9.2 problem 16

Internal problem ID [2088]

Book: Differential Equations by Alfred L. Nelson, Karl W. Folley, Max Coral. 3rd ed. DC heath. Boston. 1964
Section: Exercise 17, page 78
Problem number: 16.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

\[ \boxed {y^{\prime \prime }-4 y=0} \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 17

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$2)-4*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \left (x \right ) = c_{1} {\mathrm e}^{2 x}+{\mathrm e}^{-2 x} c_{2} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.019 (sec). Leaf size: 22

DSolve[y''[x]-4*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to e^{-2 x} \left (c_1 e^{4 x}+c_2\right ) \]