Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems 9th Edition

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Chapter 4 - Higher Order Linear Equations - 4.1 General Theory of nth Order Linear Equations - Problems - Page 224: 5

Answer

The solutions of the given equation are sure to exist on $\mathbb{R}- \{1,\pi (k+\frac{1}{2})\}\;,\;k\in \mathbb{Z}$

Work Step by Step

The given higher order linear equation is written in the form : $\frac{d^ny}{dt^n}\;+\;p_{1}(t)\frac{d^{n-1}y}{dt^{n-1}}\;+\;.........\;+\;p_{n-1}\frac{dy}{dt}\;+\;p_{n}(t)y\;=\;g(t)\\\\ $ $n=4\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;p_{1}(t)=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;p_{2}=\frac{x+1}{x-1}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;p_{3}(t)=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;p_{4}(t)=\frac{tan(x)}{x-1}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;g(t)=0\\\\$ $p_{1},p_{3},g$: continuous everywhere on $\mathbb{R}$. $p_{2}$ is continuous everywhere on its domain $(-\infty,1) \cup (1,+\infty)$ $p_{4}$ is continuous everywhere except $x=\pi (k+\frac{1}{2})$ where $k$ is an integer. The solutions of the given equation are sure to exist on $\mathbb{R}- \{1,\pi (k+\frac{1}{2})\}\;,\;k\in \mathbb{Z}$
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