12.1 problem 19.1 (a)

12.1.1 Maple step by step solution

Internal problem ID [13616]
Internal file name [OUTPUT/12788_Saturday_February_17_2024_08_44_50_AM_4420121/index.tex]

Book: Ordinary Differential Equations. An introduction to the fundamentals. Kenneth B. Howell. second edition. CRC Press. FL, USA. 2020
Section: Chapter 19. Arbitrary Homogeneous linear equations with constant coefficients. Additional exercises page 369
Problem number: 19.1 (a).
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, _missing_x]]

\[ \boxed {y^{\prime \prime \prime \prime }-4 y^{\prime \prime \prime }=0} \] The characteristic equation is \[ \lambda ^{4}-4 \lambda ^{3} = 0 \] The roots of the above equation are \begin {align*} \lambda _1 &= 4\\ \lambda _2 &= 0\\ \lambda _3 &= 0\\ \lambda _4 &= 0 \end {align*}

Therefore the homogeneous solution is \[ y_h(x)=x^{2} c_{3} +c_{2} x +c_{1} +{\mathrm e}^{4 x} c_{4} \] 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 &= {\mathrm e}^{4 x} \end {align*}

Summary

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

Verification of solutions

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

12.1.1 Maple step by step solution

\[ \begin {array}{lll} & {} & \textrm {Let's solve}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & y^{\prime \prime \prime \prime }-4 y^{\prime \prime \prime }=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Highest derivative means the order of the ODE is}\hspace {3pt} 4 \\ {} & {} & y^{\prime \prime \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 )=y^{\prime \prime } \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Define new variable}\hspace {3pt} y_{4}\left (x \right ) \\ {} & {} & y_{4}\left (x \right )=y^{\prime \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 )=4 y_{4}\left (x \right ) \\ & {} & \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 )=4 y_{4}\left (x \right )\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 & 4 \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 & 4 \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 [4, \left [\begin {array}{c} \frac {1}{64} \\ \frac {1}{16} \\ \frac {1}{4} \\ 1 \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 [4, \left [\begin {array}{c} \frac {1}{64} \\ \frac {1}{16} \\ \frac {1}{4} \\ 1 \end {array}\right ]\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solution to homogeneous system from eigenpair}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & {\moverset {\rightarrow }{y}}_{4}={\mathrm e}^{4 x}\cdot \left [\begin {array}{c} \frac {1}{64} \\ \frac {1}{16} \\ \frac {1}{4} \\ 1 \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}}={\mathrm e}^{4 x} c_{4} \cdot \left [\begin {array}{c} \frac {1}{64} \\ \frac {1}{16} \\ \frac {1}{4} \\ 1 \end {array}\right ]+\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=\frac {{\mathrm e}^{4 x} c_{4}}{64}+c_{1} \end {array} \]

Maple trace

`Methods for high order ODEs: 
--- Trying classification methods --- 
trying a quadrature 
checking if the LODE has constant coefficients 
<- constant coefficients successful`
 

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.016 (sec). Leaf size: 20

dsolve(diff(y(x),x$4)-4*diff(y(x),x$3)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

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

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.026 (sec). Leaf size: 28

DSolve[y''''[x]-4*y'''[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to \frac {1}{64} c_1 e^{4 x}+x (c_4 x+c_3)+c_2 \]