13.28 problem 20.4 (d)

Internal problem ID [13670]

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: 20.4 (d).
ODE order: 3.
ODE degree: 1.

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

\[ \boxed {x^{3} y^{\prime \prime \prime }-3 x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }+7 y^{\prime } x -8 y=0} \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.015 (sec). Leaf size: 20

dsolve(x^3*diff(y(x),x$3)-3*x^2*diff(y(x),x$2)+7*x*diff(y(x),x)-8*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.004 (sec). Leaf size: 24

DSolve[x^3*y'''[x]-3*x^2*y''[x]+7*x*y'[x]-8*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to x^2 \left (c_3 \log ^2(x)+c_2 \log (x)+c_1\right ) \]