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Answer Problems 1–10 without referring back to the text. Fill in the blank or answer true or false.
1. The only solution of the initial-value problem
y″ + x2y = 0, y(0) = 0, y′(0) = 0 is __________.

To fill: The blank in the statement, “The only solution of the initial-value problem y″+x2y=0,y(0)=0,y′(0)=0 is ______.”
Answer to Problem 1RE
The only solution of the initial value problem y″+x2y=0,y(0)=0,y′(0)=0 is y(x)=0.
Explanation of Solution
Theorem used:
The existence of a Unique Solution:
For a nth order initial value problem any(n)+...+a1y′+a0y=g(x), where an,an−1,...,a0 and g(x) are continuous on an interval I with an(x)≠0 on I.
If x=x0 is a point in interval I, then a solution y(x) of initial value problem exists on I and the solution is unique.
Calculation:
Consider the initial value problem y″+x2y=0,y(0)=0,y′(0)=0. The differential equation y″+x2y=0 is a second order differential equation.
Compare the equation to the standard form of differential equation any(n)+...+a1y′+a0y=g(x). Here, a2(x)=1,a1(x)=0,a0(x)=x2 and g(x)=0.
Note that, a2(x)=1,a1(x)=0,a0(x)=x2 and g(x)=0 are continuous on I=(−∞,∞) and x0=(0)∈(−∞,∞).
The initial value x0=0 is in the interval I and it satisfies the initial value problem. Thus the unique solution of the initial value problem is y(x)=0.
By the existence of unique solution, the general solution of the initial value problem y″+x2y=0 with initial values y(0)=0,y′(0)=0 has a unique solution y(x)=0.
Therefore, the only solution of the initial value problem y″+x2y=0,y(0)=0,y′(0)=0 is y(x)=0.
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