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Linear differential equations with constant coefficients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2019

Bethany Fralick and
Reginald Koo
Bethany Fralick
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of South Carolina Aiken, USA
Reginald Koo
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of South Carolina Aiken, USA

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We consider the second order homogeneous linear differential equation(H)

$${ ay'' + by' + cy = 0 }$$
with real coefficients a, b, c, and a ≠ 0. The function y = emx is a solution if, and only if, m satisfies the auxiliary equation am2 + bm + c = 0. When the roots of this are the complex conjugates m = p ± iq, then y = e(p ± iq)x are complex solutions of (H). Nevertheless, real solutions are given by y = c1epx cos qx + c2epx sin qx.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 103 , Issue 557 , July 2019, pp. 257 - 264
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© Mathematical Association 2019 

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