Cauchy–Euler equation

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The Cauchy–Euler equation is a type of linear ordinary differential equation with variable coefficients that often appears in problems with power-law or scale-invariant behavior.

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Cauchy–Euler equation canonical 2
Euler–Cauchy equation 1

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instanceOf equidimensional equation
linear differential equation
ordinary differential equation
second-order differential equation
variable-coefficient differential equation
appearsIn classical ODE textbooks
hasAlternativeName Cauchy–Euler equation
surface form: Euler–Cauchy equation

equidimensional equation
hasChangeOfVariable t = ln x
x = e^t
hasCharacteristicEquation a m (m - 1) + b m + c = 0
hasCoefficient a x^2
b x
c
hasDependentVariable y(x)
hasDomainRestriction x < 0
x > 0
hasExtension nonhomogeneous Cauchy–Euler equation
hasGeneralForm a x^2 y'' + b x y' + c y = 0
hasGeneralNonhomogeneousForm a x^2 y'' + b x y' + c y = f(x)
hasIndependentVariable x
hasKeyConcept equidimensionality in x
reduction to constant coefficients via logarithmic substitution
hasOrder second order
hasProperty homogeneous
linear in y, y', y''
power-law type
scale invariant
singular at x = 0
hasSolutionForm y = C1 x^{m1} + C2 x^{m2} (distinct real roots)
y = C1 x^{m} + C2 x^{m} ln x (repeated root)
y = x^{ ho} [C1 \, cos(eta \, ln x) + C2 \, sin(eta \, ln x)] (complex roots)
hasStandardSolutionMethod power-law ansatz y = x^m
reduction to constant-coefficient ODE via logarithmic change of variables
hasType homogeneous linear ODE
isSpecialCaseOf linear ordinary differential equation with variable coefficients
isTaughtIn applied mathematics courses
undergraduate differential equations courses
isUsedIn elasticity theory
engineering differential equations
fluid mechanics
heat conduction in cylindrical coordinates
heat conduction in spherical coordinates
mathematical physics
problems with power-law behavior
problems with scale-invariant behavior
namedAfter Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Leonhard Euler

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Augustin-Louis Cauchy knownFor Cauchy–Euler equation
Augustin-Louis notableFor Cauchy–Euler equation
subject surface form: Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Cauchy–Euler equation hasAlternativeName Cauchy–Euler equation
this entity surface form: Euler–Cauchy equation