1.9 problem 21

Internal problem ID [5234]

Book: Schaums Outline. Theory and problems of Differential Equations, 1st edition. Frank Ayres. McGraw Hill 1952
Section: Chapter 2. Solutions of differential equations. Supplemetary problems. Page 11
Problem number: 21.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

\[ \boxed {y^{\prime \prime }-3 y^{\prime }+2 y=0} \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 15

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

\[ y \left (x \right ) = {\mathrm e}^{x} c_{1} +c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{2 x} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.012 (sec). Leaf size: 18

DSolve[y''[x]-3*y'[x]+2*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to e^x \left (c_2 e^x+c_1\right ) \]