Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 17 - Second-Order Differential Equations - 17.4 Series Solutions - 17.4 Exercises - Page 1220: 3

Answer

$y=C_{0} e^{x^3/3}$

Work Step by Step

We have $y'=\Sigma^\infty_{n=1}n c_n x^{n-1}$ and $\Sigma^\infty_{n=2}c_{n+1}(n+1)x^{n}-\Sigma^\infty_{n=0}c_{n} \times x^{n+2}=0$ $\implies c_1+2 \times c_2x+\Sigma^{2}_{n=0}((n+1)-c_{n-2}) x^{n}=0$ $C_{3} =\dfrac{C_{0}}{3}(For n=2 )\\C_{4} = \dfrac{C_{1}}{4}=0 (n=3)$; and $C_{9} = (\dfrac{1}{9}) (\dfrac{1}{6}) \times \dfrac{1}{3} C_{0}=0; (n=8)$ This implies that $C_{3n} = \dfrac{C_0}{3^n n!}$ Use formula: $ \Sigma^\infty_{n=0} \dfrac{x^n}{n!}=e^{x} $ Hence,we get $y=C_0\Sigma^\infty_{n=0} \dfrac{x^{3n}}{3^n n!}$ or, $y=C_{0} e^{x^3/3}$
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