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Denisse Valdez

Denisse Valdez

Answered question

2022-05-21

is there a method to solve
d y d x = f ( x , y )
where f ( x , y ) is a homogeneous function. I found some examples like f ( x , y ) = ( x + y ) 2 where it can be solved after converting it to Ricatti's equation.
thanks

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sepolturamo

sepolturamo

Beginner2022-05-22Added 14 answers

No as far as I know. There are certain particular cases that can be solved.
1. f ( x , y ) homogeneous of degree 1: change of variables y = x u.
2. f ( x , y ) = g ( a x + b y ): change of variables a x + b y = u
3. f ( x , y ) = x a y b : separeted variables.
But the equation y = x a + y a , a 0, has an analytic solution (again afaik) only for a = 1 and a = 2 (in this last case in terms of Bessel functions.)

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