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Old November 6th, 2009, 07:49 PM
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Default Differetial Equation with Sine Integral

Si(x)=integral(sint/tdt) from 0 to x
integrand is 1 at t=0

express the solution y(x) of the initial value problem x^3y'+2x^2y=10sinx, y(0)=0 in terms of Si(x).


What I have done:
y'+2/xy=10x^-3sinx
multiply by x^2
x^2y'+2xy=10x^-2sinx
(x^2y)'=10x^-2sinx
Now I get stuck because I feel like this can't be integrated and I don't think i can just insert Si(x) because I need to account for 10x^-2.
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