13.2 problem 20.1 (b)

Internal problem ID [13644]

Book: Ordinary Differential Equations. An introduction to the fundamentals. Kenneth B. Howell. second edition. CRC Press. FL, USA. 2020
Section: Chapter 20. Euler equations. Additional exercises page 382
Problem number: 20.1 (b).
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _exact, _linear, _homogeneous]]

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

Solution by Maple

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

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

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.009 (sec). Leaf size: 18

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

\[ y(x)\to \frac {c_2 x^3+c_1}{x} \]