Internal problem ID [2506]
Book: Mathematical methods for physics and engineering, Riley, Hobson, Bence, second edition,
2002
Section: Chapter 14, First order ordinary differential equations. 14.4 Exercises, page
490
Problem number: Problem 14.24 (d) .
ODE order: 1.
ODE degree: 1.
CAS Maple gives this as type [[_homogeneous, `class A`], _rational, _Riccati]
\[ \boxed {y^{\prime }-\frac {y^{2}}{x^{2}}={\frac {1}{4}}} \]
✓ Solution by Maple
Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 21
dsolve(diff(y(x),x)-y(x)^2/x^2=1/4,y(x), singsol=all)
\[ y \left (x \right ) = \frac {x \left (\ln \left (x \right )+c_{1} -2\right )}{2 \ln \left (x \right )+2 c_{1}} \]
✓ Solution by Mathematica
Time used: 0.096 (sec). Leaf size: 36
DSolve[y'[x]-y[x]^2/x^2==1/4,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
\begin{align*} y(x)\to \frac {x (\log (x)-2+4 c_1)}{2 (\log (x)+4 c_1)} \\ y(x)\to \frac {x}{2} \\ \end{align*}