Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 17 - Review - Exercises - Page 1181: 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

$y''-xy'-2y=0$ Assume a solution of this form $y=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}c_nx^n$ $y'=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(n+1)c_{n+1}x^n$ $y''=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(n+2)(n+1)c_{n+2}x^n$ $xy'=x[\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(n+1)c_{n+1}x^n]=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}nc_{n}x^n$ Thus, $y''-xy'-2y=0$ or $\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(n+2)(n+1)c_{n+2}x^n-\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}nc_{n}x^n-2\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}c_nx^n=0$ $c_{n+2}=\dfrac{c_n}{n+1}$ Hence, $y=c_{1}xe^{\frac{x^2}{2}}+c_{0}+c_{0}\Sigma_{n=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{2^{n-1}(n-1)!}{(2n-1)!}x^{2n}$
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