Homogeneous Linear Equations

Consider the homogeneous second order linear equation

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or the explicit one

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Basic property:If tex2html_wrap_inline15 and tex2html_wrap_inline17 are two solutions, then

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is also a solution for any arbitrary constants tex2html_wrap_inline21 .

The natural question to ask is whether any solution y is equal to tex2html_wrap_inline25 for some tex2html_wrap_inline27 and tex2html_wrap_inline29.
The answer to this question uses the notion of linear independence of solutions.

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