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For y1 = t2 and y2 = t|t| (y2'' is not defined at t = 0), the Wronskian is 0 for all t over the interval [-1,1]. However, the two functions are not linearly dependent over this interval in the sense that one is not a unique multiple of the other. Does this imply that the Wronskian tells linear independence only in a particular space that is specific to the solution set, in which the solution set to a second order ODE would be a 2-space?
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