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Victor Ivrii:
Assume that $p$ and $q$ are continuous and that the functions $y_1$ and $y_2$ are solutions of the differential equation
\begin{equation*}
y''+p(t)y'+q(t)y=0
\end{equation*}
on an open interval $I$.

Prove that if $y_1$ and $y_2$ are zero at the same point in $I$, then they cannot be a fundamental set of solutions on that interval.

Yangming Cai:
if $y_1$ and $y_2$ are zero at the same point in $I$,then its Wronskian , which is $y_1y_2'-y_2y_1'=0 $   and then $y_1$ and $y_2$ are not linearly independent, indicating that they cannot form a fundamental solution on that interval

Tianqi Chen:
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Victor Ivrii:

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