Internal problem ID [8816]
Book: Differential Gleichungen, E. Kamke, 3rd ed. Chelsea Pub. NY, 1948
Section: Chapter 2, linear second order
Problem number: 1236.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.
CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _with_linear_symmetries]]
Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {\left (x^{2}-1\right ) y^{\prime \prime }+x y^{\prime }+f \relax (x ) y=0} \end {gather*}
✗ Solution by Maple
dsolve((x^2-1)*diff(diff(y(x),x),x)+x*diff(y(x),x)+f(x)*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
\[ \text {No solution found} \]
✗ Solution by Mathematica
Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 0
DSolve[f[x]*y[x] + x*y'[x] + (-1 + x^2)*y''[x] == 0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
Not solved