Boyce & DiPrima ODEs 10e: Section 3.

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Problem 4
In each of Problems 1 through 6, find the Wronskian of the given pair of functions.

x, xex

Solution

The Wronskian of these two functions is

xex 
 
 x
W =  d d
(x) dx (xex )
 dx x

x xe 
=  x x

1 e + xe 
= x(ex + xex ) − xex (1)
= xex + x2 ex − xex
= x2 e x .

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