4.23.5 \(y'(x)^6=(y(x)-a)^4 (y(x)-b)^3\)

ODE
\[ y'(x)^6=(y(x)-a)^4 (y(x)-b)^3 \] ODE Classification

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Book solution method
Change of variable

Mathematica
cpu = 0.999114 (sec), leaf count = 569

\[\left \{\left \{y(x)\to \text {InverseFunction}\left [-\frac {\sqrt [3]{a-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt {\frac {\text {$\#$1}-b}{a-b}} B_{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}\left (\frac {1}{3},\frac {1}{2}\right )}{\sqrt {b-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt [3]{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}}\& \right ]\left [c_1-i x\right ]\right \},\left \{y(x)\to \text {InverseFunction}\left [-\frac {\sqrt [3]{a-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt {\frac {\text {$\#$1}-b}{a-b}} B_{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}\left (\frac {1}{3},\frac {1}{2}\right )}{\sqrt {b-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt [3]{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}}\& \right ]\left [c_1+i x\right ]\right \},\left \{y(x)\to \text {InverseFunction}\left [-\frac {\sqrt [3]{a-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt {\frac {\text {$\#$1}-b}{a-b}} B_{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}\left (\frac {1}{3},\frac {1}{2}\right )}{\sqrt {b-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt [3]{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}}\& \right ]\left [c_1-\sqrt [6]{-1} x\right ]\right \},\left \{y(x)\to \text {InverseFunction}\left [-\frac {\sqrt [3]{a-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt {\frac {\text {$\#$1}-b}{a-b}} B_{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}\left (\frac {1}{3},\frac {1}{2}\right )}{\sqrt {b-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt [3]{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}}\& \right ]\left [c_1+\sqrt [6]{-1} x\right ]\right \},\left \{y(x)\to \text {InverseFunction}\left [-\frac {\sqrt [3]{a-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt {\frac {\text {$\#$1}-b}{a-b}} B_{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}\left (\frac {1}{3},\frac {1}{2}\right )}{\sqrt {b-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt [3]{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}}\& \right ]\left [c_1-(-1)^{5/6} x\right ]\right \},\left \{y(x)\to \text {InverseFunction}\left [-\frac {\sqrt [3]{a-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt {\frac {\text {$\#$1}-b}{a-b}} B_{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}\left (\frac {1}{3},\frac {1}{2}\right )}{\sqrt {b-\text {$\#$1}} \sqrt [3]{\frac {a-\text {$\#$1}}{a-b}}}\& \right ]\left [c_1+(-1)^{5/6} x\right ]\right \}\right \}\]

Maple
cpu = 0.413 (sec), leaf count = 250

\[ \left \{ x-\int ^{y \left ( x \right ) }\!{\frac {1}{\sqrt [6]{ \left ( {\it \_a}-a \right ) ^{4} \left ( {\it \_a}-b \right ) ^{3}}}}{d{\it \_a}}-{\it \_C1}=0,x-\int ^{y \left ( x \right ) }\!{\frac {-2\,i}{-\sqrt {3}+i}{\frac {1}{\sqrt [6]{- \left ( -{\it \_a}+a \right ) ^{4} \left ( -{\it \_a}+b \right ) ^{3}}}}}{d{\it \_a}}-{\it \_C1}=0,x-\int ^{y \left ( x \right ) }\!{\frac {-2\,i}{\sqrt {3}+i}{\frac {1}{\sqrt [6]{- \left ( -{\it \_a}+a \right ) ^{4} \left ( -{\it \_a}+b \right ) ^{3}}}}}{d{\it \_a}}-{\it \_C1}=0,x-\int ^{y \left ( x \right ) }\!{\frac {2\,i}{-\sqrt {3}+i}{\frac {1}{\sqrt [6]{- \left ( -{\it \_a}+a \right ) ^{4} \left ( -{\it \_a}+b \right ) ^{3}}}}}{d{\it \_a}}-{\it \_C1}=0,x-\int ^{y \left ( x \right ) }\!{\frac {2\,i}{\sqrt {3}+i}{\frac {1}{\sqrt [6]{- \left ( -{\it \_a}+a \right ) ^{4} \left ( -{\it \_a}+b \right ) ^{3}}}}}{d{\it \_a}}-{\it \_C1}=0,x-\int ^{y \left ( x \right ) }\!-{\frac {1}{\sqrt [6]{- \left ( -{\it \_a}+a \right ) ^{4} \left ( -{\it \_a}+b \right ) ^{3}}}}{d{\it \_a}}-{\it \_C1}=0,y \left ( x \right ) =a,y \left ( x \right ) =b \right \} \] Mathematica raw input

DSolve[y'[x]^6 == (-a + y[x])^4*(-b + y[x])^3,y[x],x]

Mathematica raw output

{{y[x] -> InverseFunction[-((Beta[(a - #1)/(a - b), 1/3, 1/2]*(a - #1)^(1/3)*Sqr
t[(-b + #1)/(a - b)])/(((a - #1)/(a - b))^(1/3)*Sqrt[b - #1])) & ][(-I)*x + C[1]
]}, {y[x] -> InverseFunction[-((Beta[(a - #1)/(a - b), 1/3, 1/2]*(a - #1)^(1/3)*
Sqrt[(-b + #1)/(a - b)])/(((a - #1)/(a - b))^(1/3)*Sqrt[b - #1])) & ][I*x + C[1]
]}, {y[x] -> InverseFunction[-((Beta[(a - #1)/(a - b), 1/3, 1/2]*(a - #1)^(1/3)*
Sqrt[(-b + #1)/(a - b)])/(((a - #1)/(a - b))^(1/3)*Sqrt[b - #1])) & ][-((-1)^(1/
6)*x) + C[1]]}, {y[x] -> InverseFunction[-((Beta[(a - #1)/(a - b), 1/3, 1/2]*(a 
- #1)^(1/3)*Sqrt[(-b + #1)/(a - b)])/(((a - #1)/(a - b))^(1/3)*Sqrt[b - #1])) & 
][(-1)^(1/6)*x + C[1]]}, {y[x] -> InverseFunction[-((Beta[(a - #1)/(a - b), 1/3,
 1/2]*(a - #1)^(1/3)*Sqrt[(-b + #1)/(a - b)])/(((a - #1)/(a - b))^(1/3)*Sqrt[b -
 #1])) & ][-((-1)^(5/6)*x) + C[1]]}, {y[x] -> InverseFunction[-((Beta[(a - #1)/(
a - b), 1/3, 1/2]*(a - #1)^(1/3)*Sqrt[(-b + #1)/(a - b)])/(((a - #1)/(a - b))^(1
/3)*Sqrt[b - #1])) & ][(-1)^(5/6)*x + C[1]]}}

Maple raw input

dsolve(diff(y(x),x)^6 = (y(x)-a)^4*(y(x)-b)^3, y(x),'implicit')

Maple raw output

y(x) = a, y(x) = b, x-Intat(1/((_a-a)^4*(_a-b)^3)^(1/6),_a = y(x))-_C1 = 0, x-In
tat(-2*I/(-(-_a+a)^4*(-_a+b)^3)^(1/6)/(-3^(1/2)+I),_a = y(x))-_C1 = 0, x-Intat(-
2*I/(-(-_a+a)^4*(-_a+b)^3)^(1/6)/(3^(1/2)+I),_a = y(x))-_C1 = 0, x-Intat(2*I/(-(
-_a+a)^4*(-_a+b)^3)^(1/6)/(3^(1/2)+I),_a = y(x))-_C1 = 0, x-Intat(2*I/(-(-_a+a)^
4*(-_a+b)^3)^(1/6)/(-3^(1/2)+I),_a = y(x))-_C1 = 0, x-Intat(-1/(-(-_a+a)^4*(-_a+
b)^3)^(1/6),_a = y(x))-_C1 = 0