(A) Separable Differential Equations
(A) Separable Differential Equations
(A) Separable Differential Equations
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(a) Separable Differential Equations
If a differential equation can be written in the form
f y dy x dx
We say that variables are separable, y on the left hand side and x on the right hand side.
We get the solution by integrating both sides.
Example: Solve the differential equation 9 yy 4 x 0 .
Solution: By separating variables we have
9 ydy 4 xdx
Integrating both sides, we get
9 2 x2 y 2 c
2
y 2 x c c , where c .
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The solution represents a family of ellipses.
Example: Solve the differential equation y 1 y 2 .
Solution: By separating variables we have
dy
dx
1 y2
Integrating both sides, we get
tan 1 y x c y tan x c
Solution: yx 2 y
dy y dy x
xy 2 x 0 2 2 dx
dx y 1 x 1
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Integrating both sides, we get
c
ln y ln x ln c y
x
Example: Solve the differential equation y 2 xy , with y 0 1 .
ln y x 2 c y e x c
2
Setting ec c when y 0 , and ec c when y 0 , and admitting also c 0 (which
gives the solution y 0 ), we get the general solution
y ce x
2
y 0 1 c 1 y e x
2
dy
Example: Solve the differential equation x cot y 0 , given y where x 2 .
dx 4
dy dx
Solution: x cot y 0 xdy cot y dx tan y dy
dx x
dx
tan y dy log c log sec y log x log c log sec y log x log c
x
x
log log c x c cos y
cos y
On putting y and x 2 we get 2 c cos c 2 x 2 cos y .
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