3.11 problem 11

Internal problem ID [1678]

Book: Differential equations and their applications, 3rd ed., M. Braun
Section: Section 1.4. Page 24
Problem number: 11.
ODE order: 1.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [_quadrature]

\[ \boxed {y^{\prime }-k \left (a -y\right ) \left (b -y\right )=0} \] With initial conditions \begin {align*} [y \left (0\right ) = 0] \end {align*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.437 (sec). Leaf size: 35

dsolve([diff(y(t),t) = k*(a-y(t))*(b-y(t)),y(0) = 0],y(t), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \left (t \right ) = \frac {a b \left ({\mathrm e}^{t k \left (a -b \right )}-1\right )}{{\mathrm e}^{t k \left (a -b \right )} a -b} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.026 (sec). Leaf size: 43

DSolve[{y'[t] == k*(a-y[t])*(b-y[t]),y[0]==0},y[t],t,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(t)\to \frac {a b \left (e^{a k t}-e^{b k t}\right )}{a e^{a k t}-b e^{b k t}} \]