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Textbook Solutions for Elementary Differential Equations

Chapter 2 Problem 2.2.33

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Suppose that the three numbers rl , r2 , and r 3 are distinct. Show that the three functions exp(rlx), exp(r2 x), and exp(r 3 x) are linearly independent by showing that their Wronskian is nonzero for all x

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Title Elementary Differential Equations 6 
Author C. Henry Edwards David E. Penney
ISBN 9780132397308

Suppose that the three numbers rl , r2 , and r 3 are distinct. Show that the three

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