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Exercise 12

Avg difficulty 2.5

Prove that αeλt(10)+βeλt(t1)\alpha e^{\lambda t} \begin{pmatrix} 1 \\ 0 \end{pmatrix} + \beta e^{\lambda t} \begin{pmatrix} t \\ 1 \end{pmatrix} is the general solution of x′=(λ10λ)x.{\mathbf x}' = \begin{pmatrix} \lambda & 1 \\ 0 & \lambda \end{pmatrix} {\mathbf x}.

Judson, The ODE Project, §3.2 Planar Systems, Exercise 12

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