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Does anybody know of a way to attack the differential equation:
[tex]
y'''' + f(x)y'' = 0
[/tex]
In this case, you have to assume that f(x) is too complicated to be written down in closed-form. I don't need a closed form solution---an integral equation will do. I can take Fourier Transforms, then get the equation
[tex]
(ik)^4\widehat{y} + (ik)^2 \int_{-\infty}^\infty \widehat{f}(s) \widehat{y}(k-s) \ ds = 0
[/tex]
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem a way for me to isolate [tex]\widehat{y}[/tex]. Is there a standard technique for dealing with these things?
I know, for example, that the Airy equation, y'' = xy has no closed-form solution, but there is a way to put it into integral form. The trick, however, is that you need to know how to take the Fourier transform of xy (which you can).
[tex]
y'''' + f(x)y'' = 0
[/tex]
In this case, you have to assume that f(x) is too complicated to be written down in closed-form. I don't need a closed form solution---an integral equation will do. I can take Fourier Transforms, then get the equation
[tex]
(ik)^4\widehat{y} + (ik)^2 \int_{-\infty}^\infty \widehat{f}(s) \widehat{y}(k-s) \ ds = 0
[/tex]
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem a way for me to isolate [tex]\widehat{y}[/tex]. Is there a standard technique for dealing with these things?
I know, for example, that the Airy equation, y'' = xy has no closed-form solution, but there is a way to put it into integral form. The trick, however, is that you need to know how to take the Fourier transform of xy (which you can).