Amer said:
$(1-x^2)y'' - xy' + 4y = x \sqrt{1-x^2} $
Hint use the substitution $x =\sin t$
I used it and end with
$\cos t y'' + \sin t y' - \frac{\sin t}{\cos t} y' + 4y = 2\sin t |\cos t| $
how to solve this i just want the name of the method
The equation is of the type complete and its solution is the sum of two terms, the general solution of the incomplete equation and any particular solution of the complete equation, so that first we have to solve the equation...
$\displaystyle (1-x^{2})\ y^{\ ''} -x\ y^{\ '} + 4\ y=0$ (1)
The procedure that I will use is a little 'non conventional' and requires a preliminary. The solution of a second order incomplete equation is of the type...$\displaystyle y(x)= c_{1}\ u(x) + c_{2}\ v(x)$ (2)... where $u(x)$ and $v(x)$ are two independent solutions of (1). Since u and v both satisfy (1) is...$\displaystyle (1-x^{2})\ u^{\ ''} -x\ u^{\ '} +4\ u=0$
$\displaystyle (1-x^{2})\ v^{\ ''} -x\ v^{\ '} +4\ v=0$ (3)
Multiplying the first of (3) by v and the second by u and do the difference we obtain...
$\displaystyle (1-x^{2})\ (v\ u^{\ ''} - u\ v^{\ ''}) - x\ (v\ u^{\ '} - u\ v^{\ '}) =0$ (4)
Now we set $z= v\ u^{\ '}- u\ v^{\ '}$ so that (4) becomes...
$\displaystyle z^{\ '}= \frac {x}{1-x^{2}}\ z$ (5)
The (5) is a linear ODE the solution of which is...
$\displaystyle z=\frac{c_{2}}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}$ (6)
... so that is...
$\displaystyle \frac{z}{v^{2}}= \frac{d}{dx} (\frac{u}{v})= \frac{c_{2}}{v^{2}\ \sqrt{1-x^{2}}} \implies\ u= c_{1}\ v + c_{2}\ v\ \int \frac{dx}{v^{2}\ \sqrt{1-x^{2}}}$ (7)
Now it is easy enough to see that $u=2 x^{2}-1$ is solution of (1) so that from (7) we derive that...
$\displaystyle v= (2 x^{2}-1)\ \int \frac{dx}{(2 x^{2}-1)^{2}\ \sqrt{1-x^{2}}} = - x\ \sqrt{1-x^{2}}$ (8)
... is also solution of (1) so that the general solution of (1) is...
$\displaystyle y(x)= c_{1}\ (2 x^{2}-1) + c_{2}\ x\ \sqrt{1-x^{2}}$ (9)
... and half of the work is done. The second half will be done [if possible...] in next post...
Kind regards
$\chi$ $\sigma$