Internal problem ID [279]
Book: Differential equations and linear algebra, 4th ed., Edwards and Penney
Section: Section 5.2, Higher-Order Linear Differential Equations. General solutions of Linear
Equations. Page 288
Problem number: problem 39.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.
CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]
\[ \boxed {4 y^{\prime \prime }-4 y^{\prime }+y=0} \] Given that one solution of the ode is \begin {align*} y_1 &= {\mathrm e}^{\frac {x}{2}} \end {align*}
✓ Solution by Maple
Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 14
dsolve([4*diff(y(x),x$2)-4*diff(y(x),x)+y(x)=0,exp(x/2)],singsol=all)
\[ y \left (x \right ) = {\mathrm e}^{\frac {x}{2}} \left (c_{2} x +c_{1} \right ) \]
✓ Solution by Mathematica
Time used: 0.012 (sec). Leaf size: 20
DSolve[4*y''[x]-4*y'[x]+y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
\[ y(x)\to e^{x/2} (c_2 x+c_1) \]