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Guess the particular solution to an exponential function`?

Solve this differential equation $y''+2y'+y = e^{-t}$. I got the homogenous solution to be $y_h= (Bt + C)e^{-t}$ But I don't know what my guess to the particular function should be? $Ae^{-t}$ ...
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Proving Exponential Convergence

Consider the function $\dot{x} = f(x,t)$. I want to show that if there exists a function $V(x,t)$ and some positive constants $h,\delta,k_1,k_2,$ and $k_3$ such that for all $x \in B(0,h)$ and for all ...
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How to compute time ordered Exponential?

So say you have a matrix dependent on a variable t: $A(t)$ How do you compute $e^{A(t)}$ ? It seems Sylvester's formula, my standard method of computing matrix exponentials can't be applied here ...
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