53.2.1 problem 8

Internal problem ID [8454]
Book : Elementary differential equations. By Earl D. Rainville, Phillip E. Bedient. Macmilliam Publishing Co. NY. 6th edition. 1981.
Section : CHAPTER 16. Nonlinear equations. Section 97. The p-discriminant equation. EXERCISES Page 314
Problem number : 8
Date solved : Monday, January 27, 2025 at 04:02:06 PM
CAS classification : [[_homogeneous, `class A`], _rational, _dAlembert]

\begin{align*} x {y^{\prime }}^{2}-2 y^{\prime } y+4 x&=0 \end{align*}

✓ Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.035 (sec). Leaf size: 30

dsolve(x*diff(y(x),x)^2-2*y(x)*diff(y(x),x)+4*x=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\begin{align*} y &= -2 x \\ y &= 2 x \\ y &= \frac {4 c_{1}^{2}+x^{2}}{2 c_{1}} \\ \end{align*}

✓ Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.289 (sec). Leaf size: 43

DSolve[x*(D[y[x],x])^2-2*y[x]*D[y[x],x]+4*x==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to -2 x \cosh (-\log (x)+c_1) \\ y(x)\to -2 x \cosh (\log (x)+c_1) \\ y(x)\to -2 x \\ y(x)\to 2 x \\ \end{align*}