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Re: Wrong ODE solution in Mathematica 7?

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• Subject: [mg106202] Re: Wrong ODE solution in Mathematica 7?
• From: "Kevin J. McCann" <kjm at KevinMcCann.com>
• Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:43:39 -0500 (EST)
• References: <hhshnt$kp4$1@smc.vnet.net>

If you take the second derivative of your answer and compare it with the 
  rhs you will see that it is true, i.e.

Y''[x]== -Cos[x]/(1 + Sin[x])^2//FullSimplify

Zsolt wrote:
> Hi!
> I tried solve the ODE:
> DSolve[D[y[x], x, x] == -Cos[x]/(1 + Sin[x])^2, y[x], x]
> 
> The solution what M7 (and Wolfram Alpha) gives is:
> y[x] -> C[1] + x C[2] + (2 Sin[x/2])/(Cos[x/2] + Sin[x/2])
> 
> I think, it's wrong! (Does anybody know how to check?) Another system gives
> for the same diff.eq:
> y(x) = -2/(tan((1/2)*x)+1)+_C1*x+_C2
> (similar, but not the same->ctan vs tan...)
> I found the problem in one of my math books, and the solution there
> concours with the other system.
> How can I trust Mathematica, if it makes mistakes in such simple
> things?? :(
> Thank you for your answer! :)
>