44.1.6 problem 1(f)

Internal problem ID [9064]
Book : Differential Equations: Theory, Technique, and Practice by George Simmons, Steven Krantz. McGraw-Hill NY. 2007. 1st Edition.
Section : Chapter 1. What is a differential equation. Section 1.2 THE NATURE OF SOLUTIONS. Page 9
Problem number : 1(f)
Date solved : Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 06:03:23 PM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

\begin{align*} y^{\prime \prime }-4 y&=0 \end{align*}

✓ Maple. Time used: 0.002 (sec). Leaf size: 17

ode:=diff(diff(y(x),x),x)-4*y(x) = 0; 
dsolve(ode,y(x), singsol=all);
 

\[ y = c_1 \,{\mathrm e}^{2 x}+c_2 \,{\mathrm e}^{-2 x} \]

✓ Mathematica. Time used: 0.008 (sec). Leaf size: 22

ode=D[y[x],{x,2}]-4*y[x]==0; 
ic={}; 
DSolve[{ode,ic},y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions->True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)&\to e^{-2 x} \left (c_1 e^{4 x}+c_2\right ) \end{align*}

✓ Sympy. Time used: 0.031 (sec). Leaf size: 15

from sympy import * 
x = symbols("x") 
y = Function("y") 
ode = Eq(-4*y(x) + Derivative(y(x), (x, 2)),0) 
ics = {} 
dsolve(ode,func=y(x),ics=ics)
 

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