2.2.13 Problem 13

Internal problem ID [10091]
Book : Own collection of miscellaneous problems
Section : section 2.0
Problem number : 13
Date solved : Monday, December 01, 2025 at 08:39:04 AM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _linear, _nonhomogeneous]]

\begin{align*} y^{\prime \prime }-a x y^{\prime }-b x y-c \,x^{3}&=0 \\ \end{align*}

✓ Maple. Time used: 0.007 (sec). Leaf size: 515

ode:=diff(diff(y(x),x),x)-a*x*diff(y(x),x)-b*x*y(x)-x^3*c = 0; 
dsolve(ode,y(x), singsol=all);
 

\begin{align*} \text {Solution too large to show}\end{align*}

Maple trace

Methods for second order ODEs: 
--- Trying classification methods --- 
trying a quadrature 
trying high order exact linear fully integrable 
trying differential order: 2; linear nonhomogeneous with symmetry [0,1] 
trying a double symmetry of the form [xi=0, eta=F(x)] 
-> Try solving first the homogeneous part of the ODE 
   checking if the LODE has constant coefficients 
   checking if the LODE is of Euler type 
   trying a symmetry of the form [xi=0, eta=F(x)] 
   checking if the LODE is missing y 
   -> Trying a Liouvillian solution using Kovacics algorithm 
   <- No Liouvillian solutions exists 
   -> Trying a solution in terms of special functions: 
      -> Bessel 
      -> elliptic 
      -> Legendre 
      -> Kummer 
         -> hyper3: Equivalence to 1F1 under a power @ Moebius 
      -> hypergeometric 
         -> heuristic approach 
         <- heuristic approach successful 
      <- hypergeometric successful 
   <- special function solution successful 
<- solving first the homogeneous part of the ODE successful
 

✓ Mathematica. Time used: 1.711 (sec). Leaf size: 569

ode=D[y[x],{x,2}]-a*x*D[y[x],x]-b*x*y[x]-c*x^3==0; 
ic={}; 
DSolve[{ode,ic},y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions->True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)&\to e^{-\frac {b x}{a}} \left (\operatorname {HermiteH}\left (\frac {b^2}{a^3},\frac {x a^2+2 b}{\sqrt {2} a^{3/2}}\right ) \int _1^x\frac {a^4 c e^{\frac {b K[1]}{a}} \operatorname {Hypergeometric1F1}\left (-\frac {b^2}{2 a^3},\frac {1}{2},\frac {\left (K[1] a^2+2 b\right )^2}{2 a^3}\right ) K[1]^3}{b^2 \left (\sqrt {2} \operatorname {HermiteH}\left (\frac {b^2}{a^3}-1,\frac {K[1] a^2+2 b}{\sqrt {2} a^{3/2}}\right ) \operatorname {Hypergeometric1F1}\left (-\frac {b^2}{2 a^3},\frac {1}{2},\frac {\left (K[1] a^2+2 b\right )^2}{2 a^3}\right ) a^{3/2}+\operatorname {HermiteH}\left (\frac {b^2}{a^3},\frac {K[1] a^2+2 b}{\sqrt {2} a^{3/2}}\right ) \operatorname {Hypergeometric1F1}\left (1-\frac {b^2}{2 a^3},\frac {3}{2},\frac {\left (K[1] a^2+2 b\right )^2}{2 a^3}\right ) \left (K[1] a^2+2 b\right )\right )}dK[1]+\operatorname {Hypergeometric1F1}\left (-\frac {b^2}{2 a^3},\frac {1}{2},\frac {\left (x a^2+2 b\right )^2}{2 a^3}\right ) \int _1^x-\frac {a^4 c e^{\frac {b K[2]}{a}} \operatorname {HermiteH}\left (\frac {b^2}{a^3},\frac {K[2] a^2+2 b}{\sqrt {2} a^{3/2}}\right ) K[2]^3}{b^2 \left (\sqrt {2} \operatorname {HermiteH}\left (\frac {b^2}{a^3}-1,\frac {K[2] a^2+2 b}{\sqrt {2} a^{3/2}}\right ) \operatorname {Hypergeometric1F1}\left (-\frac {b^2}{2 a^3},\frac {1}{2},\frac {\left (K[2] a^2+2 b\right )^2}{2 a^3}\right ) a^{3/2}+\operatorname {HermiteH}\left (\frac {b^2}{a^3},\frac {K[2] a^2+2 b}{\sqrt {2} a^{3/2}}\right ) \operatorname {Hypergeometric1F1}\left (1-\frac {b^2}{2 a^3},\frac {3}{2},\frac {\left (K[2] a^2+2 b\right )^2}{2 a^3}\right ) \left (K[2] a^2+2 b\right )\right )}dK[2]+c_2 \operatorname {Hypergeometric1F1}\left (-\frac {b^2}{2 a^3},\frac {1}{2},\frac {\left (x a^2+2 b\right )^2}{2 a^3}\right )+c_1 \operatorname {HermiteH}\left (\frac {b^2}{a^3},\frac {x a^2+2 b}{\sqrt {2} a^{3/2}}\right )\right ) \end{align*}

✗ Sympy

from sympy import * 
x = symbols("x") 
a = symbols("a") 
b = symbols("b") 
c = symbols("c") 
y = Function("y") 
ode = Eq(-a*x*Derivative(y(x), x) - b*x*y(x) - c*x**3 + Derivative(y(x), (x, 2)),0) 
ics = {} 
dsolve(ode,func=y(x),ics=ics)
 

NotImplementedError : The given ODE Derivative(y(x), x) - (-b*x*y(x) - c*x**3 + Derivative(y(x), (x, 2)))/(a*x) cannot be solved by the factorable group method