Internal problem ID [304]
Book: Differential equations and linear algebra, 4th ed., Edwards and Penney
Section: Section 5.3, Higher-Order Linear Differential Equations. Homogeneous Equations with
Constant Coefficients. Page 300
Problem number: problem 32.
ODE order: 4.
ODE degree: 1.
CAS Maple gives this as type [[_high_order, _missing_x]]
\[ \boxed {y^{\prime \prime \prime \prime }+y^{\prime \prime \prime }-3 y^{\prime \prime }-5 y^{\prime }-2 y=0} \]
✓ Solution by Maple
Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 26
dsolve(diff(y(x),x$4)+diff(y(x),x$3)-3*diff(y(x),x$2)-5*diff(y(x),x)-2*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
\[ y \left (x \right ) = \left (c_{4} x^{2}+c_{3} x +c_{2} \right ) {\mathrm e}^{-x}+{\mathrm e}^{2 x} c_{1} \]
✓ Solution by Mathematica
Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 32
DSolve[y''''[x]+y'''[x]-3*y''[x]-5*y'[x]-2*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
\[ y(x)\to e^{-x} \left (c_3 x^2+c_2 x+c_4 e^{3 x}+c_1\right ) \]