1.1 problem Problem 14.2 (a)

Internal problem ID [1977]

Book: Mathematical methods for physics and engineering, Riley, Hobson, Bence, second edition, 2002
Section: Chapter 14, First order ordinary differential equations. 14.4 Exercises, page 490
Problem number: Problem 14.2 (a).
ODE order: 1.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [_separable]

Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {y^{\prime }-x y^{3}=0} \end {gather*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 27

dsolve(diff(y(x),x)-x*y(x)^3=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\begin{align*} y \relax (x ) = \frac {1}{\sqrt {-x^{2}+c_{1}}} \\ y \relax (x ) = -\frac {1}{\sqrt {-x^{2}+c_{1}}} \\ \end{align*}

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.158 (sec). Leaf size: 44

DSolve[y'[x]-x*y[x]^3==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to -\frac {1}{\sqrt {-x^2-2 c_1}} \\ y(x)\to \frac {1}{\sqrt {-x^2-2 c_1}} \\ y(x)\to 0 \\ \end{align*}