Problem type
Second order equation with constant coefficients
- What it solves
- Solve a y'' + b y' + c y = 0 with starting values for y and y': write the characteristic equation, handle whichever of the three cases arises (two real roots, a repeated root, or a complex pair), fit the constants, and check the answer exactly.
- Subject
- Differential Equations
- Topic
- Second order equations
- Also called
- auxiliary equation, characteristic equation, second order ODE, constant coefficients
- Free example
- Read the complete worked example