ODE
\[ y''''(x)=a^4 y(x)+x^3 \] ODE Classification
[[_high_order, _linear, _nonhomogeneous]]
Book solution method
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Mathematica ✓
cpu = 0.147653 (sec), leaf count = 45
\[\left \{\left \{y(x)\to -\frac {x^3}{a^4}+c_2 e^{-a x}+c_4 e^{a x}+c_1 \cos (a x)+c_3 \sin (a x)\right \}\right \}\]
Maple ✓
cpu = 0.037 (sec), leaf count = 38
\[\left [y \left (x \right ) = -\frac {x^{3}}{a^{4}}+\cos \left (a x \right ) \textit {\_C1} +\textit {\_C2} \,{\mathrm e}^{a x}+\textit {\_C3} \sin \left (a x \right )+\textit {\_C4} \,{\mathrm e}^{-a x}\right ]\] Mathematica raw input
DSolve[y''''[x] == x^3 + a^4*y[x],y[x],x]
Mathematica raw output
{{y[x] -> -(x^3/a^4) + C[2]/E^(a*x) + E^(a*x)*C[4] + C[1]*Cos[a*x] + C[3]*Sin[a*x]}}
Maple raw input
dsolve(diff(diff(diff(diff(y(x),x),x),x),x) = x^3+a^4*y(x), y(x))
Maple raw output
[y(x) = -1/a^4*x^3+cos(a*x)*_C1+_C2*exp(a*x)+_C3*sin(a*x)+_C4*exp(-a*x)]