International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 576852, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/576852

Hyers-Ulam stability of nonhomogeneous linear differential equations of second order

Yongjin Li and Yan Shen

Department of Mathematics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to prove the stability in the sense of Hyers-Ulam of differential equation of second order y+p(x)y+q(x)y+r(x)=0. That is, if f is an approximate solution of the equation y+p(x)y+q(x)y+r(x)=0, then there exists an exact solution of the equation near to f.