50.8.17 problem 4(a)

Internal problem ID [7933]
Book : Differential Equations: Theory, Technique, and Practice by George Simmons, Steven Krantz. McGraw-Hill NY. 2007. 1st Edition.
Section : Chapter 1. What is a differential equation. Problems for Review and Discovery. Page 53
Problem number : 4(a)
Date solved : Monday, January 27, 2025 at 03:33:14 PM
CAS classification : [[_2nd_order, _missing_x], _Liouville, [_2nd_order, _reducible, _mu_x_y1], [_2nd_order, _reducible, _mu_xy]]

\begin{align*} y y^{\prime \prime }-{y^{\prime }}^{2}&=0 \end{align*}

✓ Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.014 (sec). Leaf size: 14

dsolve(y(x)*diff(y(x),x$2)-(diff(y(x),x))^2=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\begin{align*} y &= 0 \\ y &= {\mathrm e}^{c_{1} x} c_{2} \\ \end{align*}

✓ Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.115 (sec). Leaf size: 14

DSolve[y[x]*D[y[x],{x,2}]-(D[y[x],x])^2==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\[ y(x)\to c_2 e^{c_1 x} \]