2.1.757 Problem 779

Internal problem ID [9927]
Book : Collection of Kovacic problems
Section : section 1
Problem number : 779
Date solved : Friday, April 25, 2025 at 06:23:13 PM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _with_linear_symmetries]]

Solve

$$\begin{array}{rl}{x}^2{y}^{\prime \prime }+(x^2-2)y& =0\end{array}$$

Solved as second order ode using Kovacic algorithm

Time used: 0.369 (sec)

Writing the ode as

$$\begin{array}{}\text{(1)}& x^2{y}^{\prime \prime }+(x^2-2)y& =0\text{(2)}& A{y}^{\prime \prime }+B{y}^{\prime }+Cy& =0\end{array}$$

Comparing (1) and (2) shows that

$$\begin{array}{rl}A& =x^2\\ \text{(3)}& B& =0C& =x^2-2\end{array}$$

Applying the Liouville transformation on the dependent variable gives

$$\begin{array}{rl}z(x)& =y{e}^{\int \frac{B}{2A}dx}\end{array}$$

Then (2) becomes

$$\begin{array}{}\text{(4)}& z^{″}(x)=rz(x)\end{array}$$

Where $r$ is given by

$$\begin{array}{rl}\text{(5)}& r& =\frac{s}{t}& =\frac{2A{B}^{\prime }-2B{A}^{\prime }+B^2-4AC}{4A^2}\end{array}$$

Substituting the values of $A,B,C$ from (3) in the above and simplifying gives

$$\begin{array}{}\text{(6)}& r& =\frac{-x^2+2}{x^2}\end{array}$$

Comparing the above to (5) shows that

$$\begin{array}{rl}s& =-x^2+2\\ t& =x^2\end{array}$$

Therefore eq. (4) becomes

$$\begin{array}{}\text{(7)}& z^{″}(x)& =\left(\frac{-x^2+2}{x^2}\right)z(x)\end{array}$$

Equation (7) is now solved. After finding $z(x)$ then $y$ is found using the inverse transformation

$$\begin{array}{rl}y& =z\left(x\right)e^{-\int \frac{B}{2A}dx}\end{array}$$

The first step is to determine the case of Kovacic algorithm this ode belongs to. There are 3 cases depending on the order of poles of $r$ and the order of $r$ at $\mathrm{\infty }$. The following table summarizes these cases.

Case	Allowed pole order for $r$	Allowed value for $\mathcal{O}(\mathrm{\infty })$
1	$\{0,1,2,4,6,8,\cdots \}$	$\{\cdots ,-6,-4,-2,0,2,3,4,5,6,\cdots \}$
2	Need to have at least one pole that is either order $2$ or odd order greater than $2$. Any other pole order is allowed as long as the above condition is satisfied. Hence the following set of pole orders are all allowed. $\{1,2\}$,$\{1,3\}$,$\{2\}$,$\{3\}$,$\{3,4\}$,$\{1,2,5\}$.	no condition
3	$\{1,2\}$	$\{2,3,4,5,6,7,\cdots \}$

Table 2.757: Necessary conditions for each Kovacic case

The order of $r$ at $\mathrm{\infty }$ is the degree of $t$ minus the degree of $s$. Therefore

$$\begin{array}{rl}O\left(\mathrm{\infty }\right)& =\text{deg}(t)-\text{deg}(s)\\ & =2-2\\ & =0\end{array}$$

The poles of $r$ in eq. (7) and the order of each pole are determined by solving for the roots of $t=x^2$. There is a pole at $x=0$ of order $2$. Since there is no odd order pole larger than $2$ and the order at $\mathrm{\infty }$ is $0$ then the necessary conditions for case one are met. Since there is a pole of order $2$ then necessary conditions for case two are met. Therefore

$$\begin{array}{rl}L& =[1,2]\end{array}$$

Attempting to find a solution using case $n=1$.

Looking at poles of order 2. The partial fractions decomposition of $r$ is

$$r=-1+\frac{2}{x^2}$$

For the pole at $x=0$ let $b$ be the coefficient of $\frac{1}{x^2}$ in the partial fractions decomposition of $r$ given above. Therefore $b=2$. Hence

$$\begin{array}{rl}[\sqrt{r}{]}_c& =0\\ {\alpha }_c^{+}& =\frac{1}{2}+\sqrt{1+4b}& & =2\\ {\alpha }_c^{-}& =\frac{1}{2}-\sqrt{1+4b}& & =-1\end{array}$$

Since the order of $r$ at $\mathrm{\infty }$ is $O_r(\mathrm{\infty })=0$ then

$$\begin{array}{rlrlrl}v& =\frac{-O_r(\mathrm{\infty })}{2}& & =\frac{0}{2}& & =0\end{array}$$

$[\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }}$ is the sum of terms involving $x^i$ for $0\le i\le v$ in the Laurent series for $\sqrt{r}$ at $\mathrm{\infty }$. Therefore

$$\begin{array}{rl}[\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }}& =\sum _{i=0}^v{a}_i{x}^i\\ \text{(8)}& & =\sum _{i=0}^0{a}_i{x}^i\end{array}$$

Let $a$ be the coefficient of $x^v=x^0$ in the above sum. The Laurent series of $\sqrt{r}$ at $\mathrm{\infty }$ is

$$\begin{array}{}\text{(9)}& \sqrt{r}\approx i-\frac{i}{x^2}-\frac{i}{2x^4}-\frac{i}{2x^6}-\frac{5i}{8x^8}-\frac{7i}{8x^{10}}-\frac{21i}{16x^{12}}-\frac{33i}{16x^{14}}+\dots \end{array}$$

Comparing Eq. (9) with Eq. (8) shows that

$$a=i$$

From Eq. (9) the sum up to $v=0$ gives

$$\begin{array}{rl}[\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }}& =\sum _{i=0}^0{a}_i{x}^i\\ \text{(10)}& & =i\end{array}$$

Now we need to find $b$, where $b$ be the coefficient of $x^{v-1}=x^{-1}=\frac{1}{x}$ in $r$ minus the coefficient of same term but in ${([\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }})}^2$ where $[\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }}$ was found above in Eq (10). Hence

$${([\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }})}^2=-1$$

This shows that the coefficient of $\frac{1}{x}$ in the above is $0$. Now we need to find the coefficient of $\frac{1}{x}$ in $r$. How this is done depends on if $v=0$ or not. Since $v=0$ then starting from $r=\frac{s}{t}$ and doing long division in the form

$$r=Q+\frac{R}{t}$$

Where $Q$ is the quotient and $R$ is the remainder. Then the coefficient of $\frac{1}{x}$ in $r$ will be the coefficient in $R$ of the term in $x$ of degree of $t$ minus one, divided by the leading coefficient in $t$. Doing long division gives

$$\begin{array}{rl}r& =\frac{s}{t}\\ & =\frac{-x^2+2}{x^2}\\ & =Q+\frac{R}{x^2}\\ & =(-1)+\left(\frac{2}{x^2}\right)\\ & =-1+\frac{2}{x^2}\end{array}$$

Since the degree of $t$ is $2$, then we see that the coefficient of the term $x$ in the remainder $R$ is $0$. Dividing this by leading coefficient in $t$ which is $1$ gives $0$. Now $b$ can be found.

$$\begin{array}{rl}b& =\left(0\right)-\left(0\right)\\ & =0\end{array}$$

Hence

$$\begin{array}{rl}[\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }}& =i\\ {\alpha }_{\mathrm{\infty }}^{+}& =\frac{1}{2}(\frac{b}{a}-v)& & =\frac{1}{2}(\frac{0}{i}-0)& & =0\\ {\alpha }_{\mathrm{\infty }}^{-}& =\frac{1}{2}(-\frac{b}{a}-v)& & =\frac{1}{2}(-\frac{0}{i}-0)& & =0\end{array}$$

The following table summarizes the findings so far for poles and for the order of $r$ at $\mathrm{\infty }$ where $r$ is

$$r=\frac{-x^2+2}{x^2}$$

pole $c$ location	pole order	$[\sqrt{r}{]}_c$	${\alpha }_c^{+}$	${\alpha }_c^{-}$
$0$	$2$	$0$	$2$	$-1$

Order of $r$ at $\mathrm{\infty }$	$[\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }}$	${\alpha }_{\mathrm{\infty }}^{+}$	${\alpha }_{\mathrm{\infty }}^{-}$
$0$	$i$	$0$	$0$

Now that the all $[\sqrt{r}{]}_c$ and its associated ${\alpha }_c^{\pm }$ have been determined for all the poles in the set $\mathrm{\Gamma }$ and $[\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }}$ and its associated ${\alpha }_{\mathrm{\infty }}^{\pm }$ have also been found, the next step is to determine possible non negative integer $d$ from these using

$$\begin{array}{rl}d& ={\alpha }_{\mathrm{\infty }}^{s(\mathrm{\infty })}-\sum _{c\in \mathrm{\Gamma }}{\alpha }_c^{s(c)}\end{array}$$

Where $s(c)$ is either $+$ or $-$ and $s(\mathrm{\infty })$ is the sign of ${\alpha }_{\mathrm{\infty }}^{\pm }$. This is done by trial over all set of families $s=(s(c){)}_{c\in \mathrm{\Gamma }\cup \mathrm{\infty }}$ until such $d$ is found to work in finding candidate $\omega$. Trying ${\alpha }_{\mathrm{\infty }}^{-}=0$ then

$$\begin{array}{rl}d& ={\alpha }_{\mathrm{\infty }}^{-}-\left({\alpha }_{c_1}^{-}\right)\\ & =0-(-1)\\ & =1\end{array}$$

Since $d$ an integer and $d\ge 0$ then it can be used to find $\omega$ using

$$\begin{array}{rl}\omega & =\sum _{c\in \mathrm{\Gamma }}(s(c)[\sqrt{r}{]}_c+\frac{{\alpha }_c^{s(c)}}{x-c})+s(\mathrm{\infty })[\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }}\end{array}$$

The above gives

$$\begin{array}{rl}\omega & =((-)[\sqrt{r}{]}_{c_1}+\frac{{\alpha }_{c_1}^{-}}{x-c_1})+(-)[\sqrt{r}{]}_{\mathrm{\infty }}\\ & =-\frac{1}{x}+(-)\left(i\right)\\ & =-\frac{1}{x}-i\\ & =-\frac{1}{x}-i\end{array}$$

Now that $\omega$ is determined, the next step is find a corresponding minimal polynomial $p(x)$ of degree $d=1$ to solve the ode. The polynomial $p(x)$ needs to satisfy the equation

$$\begin{array}{}\text{(1A)}& p^{″}+2\omega p^{\prime }+({\omega }^{\prime }+{\omega }^2-r)p=0\end{array}$$

Let

$$\begin{array}{}\text{(2A)}& p(x)& =x+a_0\end{array}$$

Substituting the above in eq. (1A) gives

$$\begin{array}{rl}\left(0\right)+2(-\frac{1}{x}-i)\left(1\right)+(\left(\frac{1}{x^2}\right)+{(-\frac{1}{x}-i)}^2-\left(\frac{-x^2+2}{x^2}\right))& =0\\ \frac{2i{a}_0-2}{x}=0\end{array}$$

Solving for the coefficients $a_i$ in the above using method of undetermined coefficients gives

$$\{a_0=-i\}$$

Substituting these coefficients in $p(x)$ in eq. (2A) results in

$$\begin{array}{rl}p(x)& =x-i\end{array}$$

Therefore the first solution to the ode $z^{″}=rz$ is

$$\begin{array}{rl}{z}_1(x)& =p{e}^{\int \omega dx}\\ & =(x-i){\mathrm{e}}^{\int (-\frac{1}{x}-i)dx}\\ & =(x-i){\mathrm{e}}^{-\ln \left(x\right)-ix}\\ & =\frac{(x-i){\mathrm{e}}^{-ix}}{x}\end{array}$$

The first solution to the original ode in $y$ is found from

$$y_1=z_1{e}^{\int -\frac{1}{2}\frac{B}{A}dx}$$

Since $B=0$ then the above reduces to

$$\begin{array}{rl}{y}_1& =z_1\\ & =\frac{(x-i){\mathrm{e}}^{-ix}}{x}\end{array}$$

Which simplifies to

$$y_1=\frac{(x-i){\mathrm{e}}^{-ix}}{x}$$

The second solution $y_2$ to the original ode is found using reduction of order

$$y_2=y_1\int \frac{e^{\int -\frac{B}{A}dx}}{y_1^2}dx$$

Since $B=0$ then the above becomes

$$\begin{array}{rl}{y}_2& =y_1\int \frac{1}{y_1^2}dx\\ & =\frac{(x-i){\mathrm{e}}^{-ix}}{x}\int \frac{1}{\frac{{(x-i)}^2{\mathrm{e}}^{-2ix}}{x^2}}dx\\ & =\frac{(x-i){\mathrm{e}}^{-ix}}{x}\left(\frac{(ix-1){\mathrm{e}}^{2ix}}{-2x+2i}\right)\end{array}$$

Therefore the solution is

$$\begin{array}{rl}y& =c_1{y}_1+c_2{y}_2\\ & =c_1\left(\frac{(x-i){\mathrm{e}}^{-ix}}{x}\right)+c_2\left(\frac{(x-i){\mathrm{e}}^{-ix}}{x}\left(\frac{(ix-1){\mathrm{e}}^{2ix}}{-2x+2i}\right)\right)\end{array}$$

Will add steps showing solving for IC soon.

✓ Maple. Time used: 0.011 (sec). Leaf size: 27

ode:=x^2*diff(diff(y(x),x),x)+(x^2-2)*y(x) = 0; 
dsolve(ode,y(x), singsol=all);
 

$$y=\frac{(c_{1}x+c_2)\cos \left(x\right)+\sin \left(x\right)(c_{2}x-c_1)}{x}$$

Maple trace

Methods for second order ODEs: 
--- Trying classification methods --- 
trying a quadrature 
checking if the LODE has constant coefficients 
checking if the LODE is of Euler type 
trying a symmetry of the form [xi=0, eta=F(x)] 
checking if the LODE is missing y 
-> Trying a Liouvillian solution using Kovacics algorithm 
   A Liouvillian solution exists 
   Group is reducible or imprimitive 
<- Kovacics algorithm successful
 

Maple step by step

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✓ Mathematica. Time used: 0.02 (sec). Leaf size: 21

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

$$y(x)\to x(c_1{j}_1(x)-c_2{y}_1(x))$$

✓ Sympy. Time used: 0.086 (sec). Leaf size: 20

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

$$y\left(x\right)=\sqrt{x}(C_1{J}_{\frac{3}{2}}\left(x\right)+C_2{Y}_{\frac{3}{2}}\left(x\right))$$