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Old May 31st, 2007, 02:38 AM
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Originally Posted by JakeD View Post
Then A = 0. So ecMathGeeks proposed solution does not satisfy the integral equation for any A, which the second post seems to imply, only when f(x) = Ae^x = 0. Is that what is going on here?
The integral equation when converted to a diffrential equation is in fact
an initial value problem as of necessity f(0)=0

ecMathGeek gave a general solution to the DE that you get by differentiating
the integral equation but omitted the initial condition that forces A=0.

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