Chapter 6: Q28E (page 332)
Find a general solution to y’’’ - 3y’ - y = 0 by using Newton’s method or some other numerical procedure to approximate the roots of the auxiliary equation.
Short Answer
The general solution is
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Chapter 6: Q28E (page 332)
Find a general solution to y’’’ - 3y’ - y = 0 by using Newton’s method or some other numerical procedure to approximate the roots of the auxiliary equation.
The general solution is
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In Problems 38 and 39, use the elimination method of Sectionto find a general solution to the given system.
Constructing Differential Equations. Given three functions that are each three times differentiable and whose Wronskian is never zero on (a, b), show that the equation
is a third-order linear differential equation for which is a fundamental solution set. What is the coefficient of y‴ in this equation?
Find a general solution to the givenhomogeneous equation.
find a differential operator that annihilates the given function.
As an alternative proof that the functions are linearly independent on (∞,-∞) when are distinct, assume holds for all x in (∞,-∞) and proceed as follows:
(a) Because the ri’s are distinct we can (if necessary)relabel them so that .Divide equation (33) by to obtain Now let x→∞ on the left-hand side to obtainC1 = 0.(b) Since C1 = 0, equation (33) becomes
= 0for all x in(∞,-∞). Divide this equation by
and let x→∞ to conclude that C2 = 0.
(c) Continuing in the manner of (b), argue that all thecoefficients, C1, C2, . . . ,Cn are zero and hence are linearly independent on(∞,-∞).
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