5.7 problem 1540

Internal problem ID [9119]

Book: Differential Gleichungen, E. Kamke, 3rd ed. Chelsea Pub. NY, 1948
Section: Chapter 4, linear fourth order
Problem number: 1540.
ODE order: 4.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_high_order, _with_linear_symmetries]]

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

Solution by Maple

dsolve(diff(diff(diff(diff(y(x),x),x),x),x)+a*(b*x-1)*diff(diff(y(x),x),x)+a*b*diff(y(x),x)+lambda*y(x)=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ \text {No solution found} \]

Solution by Mathematica

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

DSolve[\[Lambda]*y[x] + a*b*y'[x] + a*(-1 + b*x)*y''[x] + Derivative[4][y][x] == 0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

Not solved