[_quadrature]
Book solution method
Missing Variables ODE, Dependent variable missing, Solve for
Mathematica ✓
cpu = 0.0533868 (sec), leaf count = 139
Maple ✓
cpu = 0.038 (sec), leaf count = 90
DSolve[1 + x^2*(a^2 - x^2)*y'[x]^2 == 0,y[x],x]
Mathematica raw output
{{y[x] -> C[1] - (I*x*Sqrt[-a^2 + x^2]*Log[(2*((-I)*a + Sqrt[-a^2 + x^2]))/x])/(
a*Sqrt[-(a^2*x^2) + x^4])}, {y[x] -> C[1] + (I*x*Sqrt[-a^2 + x^2]*Log[(2*((-I)*a
+ Sqrt[-a^2 + x^2]))/x])/(a*Sqrt[-(a^2*x^2) + x^4])}}
Maple raw input
dsolve(x^2*(a^2-x^2)*diff(y(x),x)^2+1 = 0, y(x),'implicit')
Maple raw output
y(x) = -1/(-a^2)^(1/2)*ln((-2*a^2+2*(-a^2)^(1/2)*(-a^2+x^2)^(1/2))/x)+_C1, y(x)
= 1/(-a^2)^(1/2)*ln((-2*a^2+2*(-a^2)^(1/2)*(-a^2+x^2)^(1/2))/x)+_C1