24.2 problem 4

Internal problem ID [5349]

Book: An introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations. Earl A. Coddington. Dover. NY 1961
Section: Chapter 6. Existence and uniqueness of solutions to systems and nth order equations. Page 250
Problem number: 4.
ODE order: 1.
ODE degree: 1.

Solve \begin {align*} y_{1}^{\prime }\relax (x )&=y_{2} \relax (x )\\ y_{2}^{\prime }\relax (x )&=6 y_{1} \relax (x )+y_{2} \relax (x ) \end {align*}

With initial conditions \[ [y_{1} \relax (0) = 1, y_{2} \relax (0) = -1] \]

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.125 (sec). Leaf size: 34

dsolve([diff(y__1(x),x) = y__2(x), diff(y__2(x),x) = 6*y__1(x)+y__2(x), y__1(0) = 1, y__2(0) = -1],[y__1(x), y__2(x)], singsol=all)
 

\[ y_{1} \relax (x ) = \frac {{\mathrm e}^{3 x}}{5}+\frac {4 \,{\mathrm e}^{-2 x}}{5} \] \[ y_{2} \relax (x ) = \frac {3 \,{\mathrm e}^{3 x}}{5}-\frac {8 \,{\mathrm e}^{-2 x}}{5} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.01 (sec). Leaf size: 42

DSolve[{y1'[x]==y2[x],y2'[x]==6*y1[x]+y2[x]},{y1[0]==1,y2[0]==-1},{y1[x],y2[x]},x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} \text {y1}(x)\to \frac {1}{5} e^{-2 x} \left (e^{5 x}+4\right ) \\ \text {y2}(x)\to \frac {1}{5} e^{-2 x} \left (3 e^{5 x}-8\right ) \\ \end{align*}