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I was given a 2 part example in class to work on for next class.
1) given the equation y'' + 3y' + 2y = 4 ; Initial conditions are y(0) = y'(0) = 0
I had no problem solving the DE, my result is as follows
y=-4e^(-t) = 2e^(-2t) +2
2) given the equation y'''' + 3y''' + 2y'' = 4 ; Initial conditions are y''''(0) = y'''(0) = y''(0) = 0, a hint was given to substitute z = y'' into the equation to transform it into z'' +3z' +2z = 4. which is similar to the first part of the problem.
My question is what is this method of solving called, the substitution part in number 2? where can i read up on this technique? what do it do next with the z=y''Thanks
1) given the equation y'' + 3y' + 2y = 4 ; Initial conditions are y(0) = y'(0) = 0
I had no problem solving the DE, my result is as follows
y=-4e^(-t) = 2e^(-2t) +2
2) given the equation y'''' + 3y''' + 2y'' = 4 ; Initial conditions are y''''(0) = y'''(0) = y''(0) = 0, a hint was given to substitute z = y'' into the equation to transform it into z'' +3z' +2z = 4. which is similar to the first part of the problem.
My question is what is this method of solving called, the substitution part in number 2? where can i read up on this technique? what do it do next with the z=y''Thanks
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