10.5 problem 5

10.5.1 Maple step by step solution

Internal problem ID [2121]
Internal file name [OUTPUT/2121_Sunday_February_25_2024_06_49_53_AM_37930531/index.tex]

Book: Differential Equations by Alfred L. Nelson, Karl W. Folley, Max Coral. 3rd ed. DC heath. Boston. 1964
Section: Exercise 18, page 82
Problem number: 5.
ODE order: 4.
ODE degree: 1.

The type(s) of ODE detected by this program : "higher_order_linear_constant_coefficients_ODE"

Maple gives the following as the ode type

[[_high_order, _quadrature]]

\[ \boxed {y^{\prime \prime \prime \prime }=0} \] The characteristic equation is \[ \lambda ^{4} = 0 \] The roots of the above equation are \begin {align*} \lambda _1 &= 0\\ \lambda _2 &= 0\\ \lambda _3 &= 0\\ \lambda _4 &= 0 \end {align*}

Therefore the homogeneous solution is \[ y_h(x)=c_{4} x^{3}+c_{3} x^{2}+c_{2} x +c_{1} \] The fundamental set of solutions for the homogeneous solution are the following \begin {align*} y_1 &= 1\\ y_2 &= x\\ y_3 &= x^{2}\\ y_4 &= x^{3} \end {align*}

Summary

The solution(s) found are the following \begin{align*} \tag{1} y &= c_{4} x^{3}+c_{3} x^{2}+c_{2} x +c_{1} \\ \end{align*}

Verification of solutions

\[ y = c_{4} x^{3}+c_{3} x^{2}+c_{2} x +c_{1} \] Verified OK.

10.5.1 Maple step by step solution

\[ \begin {array}{lll} & {} & \textrm {Let's solve}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \frac {d}{d x}\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime \prime }=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Highest derivative means the order of the ODE is}\hspace {3pt} 4 \\ {} & {} & \frac {d}{d x}\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime \prime } \\ \square & {} & \textrm {Convert linear ODE into a system of first order ODEs}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Define new variable}\hspace {3pt} y_{1}\left (x \right ) \\ {} & {} & y_{1}\left (x \right )=y \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Define new variable}\hspace {3pt} y_{2}\left (x \right ) \\ {} & {} & y_{2}\left (x \right )=y^{\prime } \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Define new variable}\hspace {3pt} y_{3}\left (x \right ) \\ {} & {} & y_{3}\left (x \right )=\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime } \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Define new variable}\hspace {3pt} y_{4}\left (x \right ) \\ {} & {} & y_{4}\left (x \right )=\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime \prime } \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Isolate for}\hspace {3pt} y_{4}^{\prime }\left (x \right )\hspace {3pt}\textrm {using original ODE}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & y_{4}^{\prime }\left (x \right )=0 \\ & {} & \textrm {Convert linear ODE into a system of first order ODEs}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \left [y_{2}\left (x \right )=y_{1}^{\prime }\left (x \right ), y_{3}\left (x \right )=y_{2}^{\prime }\left (x \right ), y_{4}\left (x \right )=y_{3}^{\prime }\left (x \right ), y_{4}^{\prime }\left (x \right )=0\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Define vector}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}\left (x \right )=\left [\begin {array}{c} y_{1}\left (x \right ) \\ y_{2}\left (x \right ) \\ y_{3}\left (x \right ) \\ y_{4}\left (x \right ) \end {array}\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {System to solve}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}^{\prime }\left (x \right )=\left [\begin {array}{cccc} 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \end {array}\right ]\cdot {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}\left (x \right ) \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Define the coefficient matrix}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & A =\left [\begin {array}{cccc} 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \end {array}\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Rewrite the system as}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}^{\prime }\left (x \right )=A \cdot {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}\left (x \right ) \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {To solve the system, find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of}\hspace {3pt} A \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Eigenpairs of}\hspace {3pt} A \\ {} & {} & \left [\left [0, \left [\begin {array}{c} 1 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ]\right ], \left [0, \left [\begin {array}{c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ]\right ], \left [0, \left [\begin {array}{c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ]\right ], \left [0, \left [\begin {array}{c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ]\right ]\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Consider eigenpair}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \left [0, \left [\begin {array}{c} 1 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ]\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solution to homogeneous system from eigenpair}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}_{1}=\left [\begin {array}{c} 1 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Consider eigenpair}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \left [0, \left [\begin {array}{c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ]\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solution to homogeneous system from eigenpair}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}_{2}=\left [\begin {array}{c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Consider eigenpair}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \left [0, \left [\begin {array}{c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ]\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solution to homogeneous system from eigenpair}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}_{3}=\left [\begin {array}{c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Consider eigenpair}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \left [0, \left [\begin {array}{c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ]\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solution to homogeneous system from eigenpair}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}_{4}=\left [\begin {array}{c} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {General solution to the system of ODEs}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}=c_{1} {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}_{1}+c_{2} {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}_{2}+c_{3} {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}_{3}+c_{4} {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}_{4} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Substitute solutions into the general solution}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}=\left [\begin {array}{c} c_{1} \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end {array}\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {First component of the vector is the solution to the ODE}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & y=c_{1} \end {array} \]

Maple trace

`Methods for high order ODEs: 
--- Trying classification methods --- 
trying a quadrature 
<- quadrature successful`
 

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 21

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$4)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \left (x \right ) = \frac {1}{6} c_{1} x^{3}+\frac {1}{2} c_{2} x^{2}+c_{3} x +c_{4} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.002 (sec). Leaf size: 22

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

\[ y(x)\to x (x (c_4 x+c_3)+c_2)+c_1 \]