24.1 problem Ex 1

Internal problem ID [11253]

Book: An elementary treatise on differential equations by Abraham Cohen. DC heath publishers. 1906
Section: Chapter VII, Linear differential equations with constant coefficients. Article 47. Particular integral. Page 100
Problem number: Ex 1.
ODE order: 3.
ODE degree: 1.

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

\[ \boxed {y^{\prime \prime \prime }-y^{\prime \prime }-2 y^{\prime }={\mathrm e}^{-x}} \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 27

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

\[ y \left (x \right ) = \frac {\left (2 x -6 c_{2} +2\right ) {\mathrm e}^{-x}}{6}+\frac {{\mathrm e}^{2 x} c_{1}}{2}+c_{3} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.166 (sec). Leaf size: 37

DSolve[y'''[x]-y''[x]-2*y'[x]==Exp[-x],y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to \frac {1}{9} e^{-x} (3 x+4-9 c_1)+\frac {1}{2} c_2 e^{2 x}+c_3 \]