CHAPTER 17 THOMAS’ CALCULUS
people.math.wisc.edu › ~passman › Thomas12e_WebChap17-2 Chapter 17: Second-Order Differential Equations THEOREM 2 If and are continuous over the open interval I and is never zero on I, then the linear homogeneous equation (2) has two linearly independent solutions and on I. Moreover, if and are anytwo linearly independent solutions of Equation (2), then the general solution is given by