The general solution to the Euler/Cauchy Equation with Complex Numbers

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The given equation is $$x^2y^{''}+xy^{'}+y=\ln(x)$$ Finding the Aux. Equation : $a=1, b=1, c=1 $ $$am^2+(b-a)m+c=0$$ $$m^2+1=0$$ Knowing that this specific type of equation results in the $m$ values being $\pm i$.

Now using the formulas below we can substitute in $$y=x^\alpha C_1\cos(\beta\ln(x))+C_2\sin(\beta\ln(x)) \space (Equ. 1)$$ $$m=\alpha+\beta i$$ $$\alpha=0 ,\space \beta=\pm 1$$ And my final answer is: $$y=C_1\cos(\ln(x))+C_2\sin(\ln(x))$$ There are a few places in this problem I have questions about:

In Equ. 1 the $x^{\alpha}$ term, that exponent is not the same $a$ variable that comes form the Aux. Equ., correct?

Is my $\beta$ value $\pm 1$ or $\pm i$?

Also is my answer correct, meaning that my answer is the general solution to the given? If not, am I close to it or are there further calculations to be made?

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In Equ. 1 the $x^α$ term, that exponent is not the same a variable that comes form the Aux. Equ., correct?

Well it's the same $\alpha=0$ since you have $m^2+1=0 \implies m=0\pm i$. so it's $x^{\alpha}=x^0=1$. For the coeffcient $\beta$ it's equal to $1$ and not $\pm i$. The solution to the homogeneous equation is:$y=c_1\cos (\ln x)+c_2\sin (\ln x)$

In fact you can write the solution as: $y=c_1x^{\alpha+i \beta}+c_2x^{\alpha-i \beta}$ where $m=\alpha \pm i \beta$ is the solution to the polynomial characteristic.Then apply Euler's formula $e^{ix}=\cos x +i \sin x$.

$$x^{\alpha+i \beta}=x^{\alpha }x^{i \beta}=x^{\alpha }(e^{i \beta \ln x})=x^{\alpha }(\cos (\beta \ln x)+i \sin (\beta \ln x) )$$

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You still need to find a particular solution for the right side. As that is $x^0\ln x$ you will find it in the form $$ y_p(x)=A+B\ln x. $$

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The roots for the characteristic equation are right. And yes, the exponent in that x is different from 'a'. Also, you still need to solve for the ln(x) on the right hand side, a substitution using z = ln(x) would do.