21.1 problem Ex 1

Internal problem ID [11243]

Book: An elementary treatise on differential equations by Abraham Cohen. DC heath publishers. 1906
Section: Chapter VII, Linear differential equations with constant coefficients. Article 43. Page 92
Problem number: Ex 1.
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)
 

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.019 (sec). Leaf size: 18

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

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