3.15 problem 1015

Internal problem ID [8595]

Book: Differential Gleichungen, E. Kamke, 3rd ed. Chelsea Pub. NY, 1948
Section: Chapter 2, linear second order
Problem number: 1015.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [_Titchmarsh]

Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {y^{\prime \prime }-\left (a^{2} x^{2 n}-1\right ) y=0} \end {gather*}

Solution by Maple

dsolve(diff(diff(y(x),x),x)-(a^2*x^(2*n)-1)*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ \text {No solution found} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 0

DSolve[(1 - a^2*x^(2*n))*y[x] + y''[x] == 0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

Not solved