Show that the functions f1 (x)=e*, f 2 (x)=xe*, and f 3(x)=x*e* are i linearly independent.

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Show that the functions f1 (x)=e*, f 2(x)=xe*, and f 3(x)=x*e* are linearly independent.
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We will use Wronskian function to check these functions are linearly independent or not.

we know that 

w(f1,f2,f3)=f1(x)f2(x)f3xf'1(x)f'2(x)f'3(x)f''1(x)f''2(x)f''3(x)  .....(1)

Now, 

f1(x)=ex                     f2(x)=xex                     f3(x)=x2exf'1(x)=ex                    f'2(x)=xex+ex            f'3x=x2ex+2xexf''1(x)=ex                   f''2(x)=xex+2ex         f''3(x)=x2ex+4xex+2ex

 

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