In Problems 1–6 use (1) to find the general solution of the given differential equation on \((0, \infty)\). \(x^{2} y^{\prime \prime}+x y^{\prime}+\left(x^{2}-\frac{1}{9}\right) y=0\) Text Transcription: (0,infty) x^2y^prime\prime+xy^prime+(x^2-frac19)y=0
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Textbook Solutions for A First Course in Differential Equations with Modeling Applications
Question
Use the change of variables \(s=\frac{2}{\alpha} \sqrt{\frac{k}{m}} e^{-\alpha t / 2}\) to show that the differential equation of the aging spring \(m x^{\prime \prime}+k e^{-\alpha t} x=0, \alpha>0\), becomes
\(s^{2} \frac{d^{2} x}{d s^{2}}+s \frac{d x}{d s}+s^{2} x=0\)
Text Transcription:
s=frac2alphasqrtfrackme^-alphat/2
mx^prime\prime+ke^-alphatx=0,alpha>0
s^2fracd^2xds^2+sfracdxds+s^2x=0
Solution
The first step in solving 6.4 problem number 33 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Use the change of variables \(s=\frac{2}{\alpha} \sqrt{\frac{k}{m}} e^{-\alpha t / 2}\) to show that the differential equation of the aging spring \(m x^{\prime \prime}+k e^{-\alpha t} x=0, \alpha>0\), becomes \(s^{2} \frac{d^{2} x}{d s^{2}}+s \frac{d x}{d s}+s^{2} x=0\)Text Transcription:s=frac2alphasqrtfrackme^-alphat/2mx^prime\prime+ke^-alphatx=0,alpha>0s^2fracd^2xds^2+sfracdxds+s^2x=0
From the textbook chapter Special Functions you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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