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Homework Statement
Show, by means of the Wronskian, that a linear, second-order, homogeneous diffferential equation of the form y''+P(x)y'+Q(x)y=0 cannot have 3 independent solutions.
The attempt at a solution
I tried by constructing a Wronskian of 3 general solutions expecting the wronskian to disappear but it didn't so I'm guessing I've gone about this the wrong way?
Show, by means of the Wronskian, that a linear, second-order, homogeneous diffferential equation of the form y''+P(x)y'+Q(x)y=0 cannot have 3 independent solutions.
The attempt at a solution
I tried by constructing a Wronskian of 3 general solutions expecting the wronskian to disappear but it didn't so I'm guessing I've gone about this the wrong way?