2.4 problem 4

Internal problem ID [3245]

Book: Differential equations for engineers by Wei-Chau XIE, Cambridge Press 2010
Section: Chapter 4. Linear Differential Equations. Page 183
Problem number: 4.
ODE order: 3.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_3rd_order, _missing_x]]

\[ \boxed {y^{\prime \prime \prime }+8 y=0} \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 35

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$3)+8*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 42

DSolve[y'''[x]+8*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
 

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