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I want to see if I've got clear some concepts regarding differential equations.
Let's suppose we have two solutions of a linear homogenous differential equation. Are these solutions always linearly independent, orthonormal and analytical?
Well, correct me if I'm wrong:
I think that they may not be linearly independent: we can consider a solution Y1 multiplied by some constant C1, and then the same solution multiplied by a constant C2. These are not L.I since they just differ by a constant. This also means that these solutions don't form a vector space.
In the case of a linear homogenous ODE, the solutions are always analytical since they are given by exponential or trigonometric functions, which don't have singular points.
As for the orthonormality I don't know what to say
Let's suppose we have two solutions of a linear homogenous differential equation. Are these solutions always linearly independent, orthonormal and analytical?
Well, correct me if I'm wrong:
I think that they may not be linearly independent: we can consider a solution Y1 multiplied by some constant C1, and then the same solution multiplied by a constant C2. These are not L.I since they just differ by a constant. This also means that these solutions don't form a vector space.
In the case of a linear homogenous ODE, the solutions are always analytical since they are given by exponential or trigonometric functions, which don't have singular points.
As for the orthonormality I don't know what to say