Very basic Q about solns to y" = y

[kostoglotov]

Wolfram and the Linear Algebra text I'm currently working on, give the two possible solutions of \frac{d^2y}{dx^2}=y as being e^{x} and e^{-x}, or rather, constant multiples of them.

Here wolfram agrees:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=d^2y/dx^2=y

My question is, why isn't y = e^{x} + x and y = e^{-x} + x not solutions?

Or is an added polynomial in the solution just part of some nullspace of special solutions that we consider separately in general?

edit: wouldn't the added polynomial change the dimension of the solution space?

 

[davidmoore63@y]

Why should y=e^x + x be a solution? y=x is not a solution.

 

[kostoglotov]

Why should y=e^x + x be a solution? y=x is not a solution.

If you take y=e^x + x and diff it twice...damn it...ok, I see it now...this was dumb.