Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 17 - Second-Order Differential Equations - Review - Exercises - Page 1221: 18

Answer

$$y=c_{1}xe^{\frac{x^2}{2}}+c_{0}+c_{0}\Sigma_{n=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{(2)^{n-1}(n-1)!}{(2n-1)!}x^{2n}$$

Work Step by Step

As we are given that $y''-xy'-2y=0$ Need to assume a solution of this form: $y=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}c_nx^n$ $y'=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(n+1)c_{n+1}x^n$ $y''=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(n+2)(n+1)c_{n+2}x^n$ $xy'=x[\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(n+1)c_{n+1}x^n]=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}nc_{n}x^n$ $y''-xy'-2y=0$ After simplifications, we get $\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(n+2)(n+1)c_{n+2}x^n-\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}nc_{n}x^n-2\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}c_nx^n=0$ $c_{n+2}=\dfrac{c_n}{n+1}$ Hence, the result is $$y=c_{1}xe^{\frac{x^2}{2}}+c_{0}+c_{0}\Sigma_{n=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{(2)^{n-1}n!}{.(2n-1)!}x^{2n}$$
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