Internal problem ID [2516]
Book: Mathematical methods for physics and engineering, Riley, Hobson, Bence, second edition,
2002
Section: Chapter 15, Higher order ordinary differential equations. 15.4 Exercises, page
523
Problem number: Problem 15.4.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.
CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _with_linear_symmetries]]
\[ \boxed {f^{\prime \prime }+6 f^{\prime }+9 f={\mathrm e}^{-t}} \] With initial conditions \begin {align*} [f \left (0\right ) = 0, f^{\prime }\left (0\right ) = \lambda ] \end {align*}
✓ Solution by Maple
Time used: 0.031 (sec). Leaf size: 26
dsolve([diff(f(t),t$2)+6*diff(f(t),t)+9*f(t)=exp(-t),f(0) = 0, D(f)(0) = lambda],f(t), singsol=all)
\[ f \left (t \right ) = \frac {\left (-1+\left (4 \lambda -2\right ) t \right ) {\mathrm e}^{-3 t}}{4}+\frac {{\mathrm e}^{-t}}{4} \]
✓ Solution by Mathematica
Time used: 0.034 (sec). Leaf size: 28
DSolve[{f''[t]+6*f'[t]+9*f[t]==Exp[-t],{f[0]==0,f'[0]==\[Lambda]}},f[t],t,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
\[ f(t)\to \frac {1}{4} e^{-3 t} \left ((4 \lambda -2) t+e^{2 t}-1\right ) \]