ODE No. 1576

2f(x)(y(3)(x)a2y(x))+f(x)(a4y(x)2a2y(x)+y(4)(x))=0 Mathematica : cpu = 0.159509 (sec), leaf count = 0

DSolve[2*Derivative[1][f][x]*(-(a^2*Derivative[1][y][x]) + Derivative[3][y][x]) + f[x]*(a^4*y[x] - 2*a^2*Derivative[2][y][x] + Derivative[4][y][x]) == 0,y[x],x]
 

, could not solve

DSolve[2*Derivative[1][f][x]*(-(a^2*Derivative[1][y][x]) + Derivative[3][y][x]) + f[x]*(a^4*y[x] - 2*a^2*Derivative[2][y][x] + Derivative[4][y][x]) == 0, y[x], x]

Maple : cpu = 0.02 (sec), leaf count = 67

dsolve(f*(diff(diff(diff(diff(y(x),x),x),x),x)-2*a^2*diff(diff(y(x),x),x)+a^4*y(x))+2*df*(diff(diff(diff(y(x),x),x),x)-a^2*diff(y(x),x))=0,y(x))
 

y(x)=c1eax+c2eax+c3e(df+a2f2+df2)xf+c4e(df+a2f2+df2)xf