61.19.4 problem 4

Internal problem ID [12273]
Book : Handbook of exact solutions for ordinary differential equations. By Polyanin and Zaitsev. Second edition
Section : Chapter 1, section 1.2. Riccati Equation. subsection 1.2.8-1. Equations containing arbitrary functions (but not containing their derivatives).
Problem number : 4
Date solved : Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 02:02:46 AM
CAS classification : [_Riccati]

\begin{align*} y^{\prime }&=f \left (x \right ) y^{2}-a \,x^{n} f \left (x \right ) y+a n \,x^{n -1} \end{align*}

✗ Solution by Maple

dsolve(diff(y(x),x)=f(x)*y(x)^2-a*x^n*f(x)*y(x)+a*n*x^(n-1),y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ \text {No solution found} \]

✗ Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.000 (sec). Leaf size: 0

DSolve[D[y[x],x]==f[x]*y[x]^2-a*x^n*f[x]*y[x]+a*n*x^(n-1),y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

Not solved