30.12.19 problem 19

Internal problem ID [7611]
Book : Fundamentals of Differential Equations. By Nagle, Saff and Snider. 9th edition. Boston. Pearson 2018.
Section : Chapter 4, Linear Second-Order Equations. EXERCISES 4.2 at page 164
Problem number : 19
Date solved : Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 04:54:55 PM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

\begin{align*} y^{\prime \prime }+2 y^{\prime }+y&=0 \end{align*}

With initial conditions

\begin{align*} y \left (0\right )&=1 \\ y^{\prime }\left (0\right )&=-3 \\ \end{align*}

✓ Maple. Time used: 0.010 (sec). Leaf size: 14

ode:=diff(diff(y(t),t),t)+2*diff(y(t),t)+y(t) = 0; 
ic:=[y(0) = 1, D(y)(0) = -3]; 
dsolve([ode,op(ic)],y(t), singsol=all);
 

\[ y = {\mathrm e}^{-t} \left (1-2 t \right ) \]

✓ Mathematica. Time used: 0.007 (sec). Leaf size: 16

ode=D[y[t],{t,2}]+2*D[y[t],t]+y[t]==0; 
ic={y[0]==1,Derivative[1][y][0] ==-3}; 
DSolve[{ode,ic},y[t],t,IncludeSingularSolutions->True]
 

\begin{align*} y(t)&\to e^{-t} (1-2 t) \end{align*}

✓ Sympy. Time used: 0.098 (sec). Leaf size: 10

from sympy import * 
t = symbols("t") 
y = Function("y") 
ode = Eq(y(t) + 2*Derivative(y(t), t) + Derivative(y(t), (t, 2)),0) 
ics = {y(0): 1, Subs(Derivative(y(t), t), t, 0): -3} 
dsolve(ode,func=y(t),ics=ics)
 

\[ y{\left (t \right )} = \left (1 - 2 t\right ) e^{- t} \]