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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2011 ia Paper 2 7A c Solution by
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Both functions satisfy the constant-coefficient homogeneous linear differential equationIts characteristic polynomial is , so the general real solution is . The three initial conditions give , , and , henceHere the equation has continuous coefficients and nonzero highest-derivative coefficient everywhere. The uniqueness theorem for ordinary differential equations, applied to its three-component first-order system, gives a unique solution on the entire half-line.
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