37.2 problem 1115

Internal problem ID [3808]

Book: Ordinary differential equations and their solutions. By George Moseley Murphy. 1960
Section: Various 37
Problem number: 1115.
ODE order: 1.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_homogeneous, class G], _Clairaut]

Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {2 \sqrt {a y^{\prime }}+x y^{\prime }-y=0} \end {gather*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.135 (sec). Leaf size: 15

dsolve(2*sqrt(a*diff(y(x),x))+x*diff(y(x),x)-y(x) = 0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \relax (x ) = 2 \sqrt {c_{1} a}+c_{1} x \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.078 (sec). Leaf size: 25

DSolve[2 Sqrt[a y'[x]]+x y'[x]-y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to 2 \sqrt {a c_1}+c_1 x \\ y(x)\to 0 \\ \end{align*}