Initial value problem of ord diff eq

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Homework Statement



3y'' -y' + (x+1)y = 1
y(0) = y'(0) = 0


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Not sure, that's the issue


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I can't quite get this one using the methods I'm familiar with, and I can't guess a particular solution to neither the equation nor the homogenous version thereof. Do I have to use the power series method?
 
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Grothard said:

Homework Statement



3y'' -y' + (x+1)y = 1
y(0) = y'(0) = 0

I can't quite get this one using the methods I'm familiar with, and I can't guess a particular solution to neither the equation nor the homogenous version thereof. Do I have to use the power series method?

Yes, I would expect that.
 
Use series or change variables to reduce it to the Airy equation.