Having a lot of trouble with this extra credit problem, any pointers?
I tried solving it by solving the characteristic equation, but that didn't lead anywhere. Is it just about finding a clever value of alpha?
Oh that should say "...in the variable z with no z' term for the right choice of alpha"
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literally just replace y'', y' and y with what they're equal to in terms of z, z', z''
you get alpha=-b/2 i think
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Oh god that makes sense. Thanks!
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Actually I've been trying to do this and it isn't really working. Could you elaborate?