# Wronskian Calculator

The calculator will find the Wronskian of the set of functions, with steps shown. Supports up to 5 functions, 2x2, 3x3, etc.

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Calculate the Wronskian of $\left\{f_{1} = \cos{\left(x \right)}, f_{2} = \sin{\left(x \right)}, f_{3} = \sin{\left(2 x \right)}\right\}$.

## Solution

The Wronskian is given by the following determinant: $W{\left(f_{1},f_{2},f_{3} \right)}\left(x\right) = \left|\begin{array}{ccc}f_{1}\left(x\right) & f_{2}\left(x\right) & f_{3}\left(x\right)\\f_{1}^{\prime}\left(x\right) & f_{2}^{\prime}\left(x\right) & f_{3}^{\prime}\left(x\right)\\f_{1}^{\prime\prime}\left(x\right) & f_{2}^{\prime\prime}\left(x\right) & f_{3}^{\prime\prime}\left(x\right)\end{array}\right|.$

In our case, $W{\left(f_{1},f_{2},f_{3} \right)}\left(x\right) = \left|\begin{array}{ccc}\cos{\left(x \right)} & \sin{\left(x \right)} & \sin{\left(2 x \right)}\\\left(\cos{\left(x \right)}\right)^{\prime } & \left(\sin{\left(x \right)}\right)^{\prime } & \left(\sin{\left(2 x \right)}\right)^{\prime }\\\left(\cos{\left(x \right)}\right)^{\prime \prime } & \left(\sin{\left(x \right)}\right)^{\prime \prime } & \left(\sin{\left(2 x \right)}\right)^{\prime \prime }\end{array}\right|.$

Find the derivatives (for steps, see derivative calculator): $W{\left(f_{1},f_{2},f_{3} \right)}\left(x\right) = \left|\begin{array}{ccc}\cos{\left(x \right)} & \sin{\left(x \right)} & \sin{\left(2 x \right)}\\- \sin{\left(x \right)} & \cos{\left(x \right)} & 2 \cos{\left(2 x \right)}\\- \cos{\left(x \right)} & - \sin{\left(x \right)} & - 4 \sin{\left(2 x \right)}\end{array}\right|.$

Find the determinant (for steps, see determinant calculator): $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\cos{\left(x \right)} & \sin{\left(x \right)} & \sin{\left(2 x \right)}\\- \sin{\left(x \right)} & \cos{\left(x \right)} & 2 \cos{\left(2 x \right)}\\- \cos{\left(x \right)} & - \sin{\left(x \right)} & - 4 \sin{\left(2 x \right)}\end{array}\right| = - 3 \sin{\left(2 x \right)}.$

The Wronskian equals $- 3 \sin{\left(2 x \right)}$A.