13.12 problem 12

Internal problem ID [6359]

Book: Differential Equations: Theory, Technique, and Practice by George Simmons, Steven Krantz. McGraw-Hill NY. 2007. 1st Edition.
Section: Chapter 2. Section 2.7. HIGHER ORDER LINEAR EQUATIONS, COUPLED HARMONIC OSCILLATORS Page 98
Problem number: 12.
ODE order: 4.
ODE degree: 1.

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

\[ \boxed {y^{\prime \prime \prime \prime }+2 y^{\prime \prime \prime }-2 y^{\prime \prime }-6 y^{\prime }+5 y=0} \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.016 (sec). Leaf size: 28

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$4)+2*diff(y(x),x$3)-2*diff(y(x),x$2)-6*diff(y(x),x)+5*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \left (x \right ) = \left (\left (c_{2} x +c_{1} \right ) {\mathrm e}^{3 x}+c_{3} \sin \left (x \right )+c_{4} \cos \left (x \right )\right ) {\mathrm e}^{-2 x} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 35

DSolve[y''''[x]+2*y'''[x]-2*y''[x]-6*y'[x]+5*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to e^{-2 x} \left (e^{3 x} (c_4 x+c_3)+c_2 \cos (x)+c_1 \sin (x)\right ) \]