10.13 problem Exercise 35.13, page 504

10.13.1 Solving as second order ode missing x ode
10.13.2 Maple step by step solution

Internal problem ID [4663]
Internal file name [OUTPUT/4156_Sunday_June_05_2022_12_30_25_PM_2046285/index.tex]

Book: Ordinary Differential Equations, By Tenenbaum and Pollard. Dover, NY 1963
Section: Chapter 8. Special second order equations. Lesson 35. Independent variable x absent
Problem number: Exercise 35.13, page 504.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

The type(s) of ODE detected by this program : "second_order_ode_missing_x"

Maple gives the following as the ode type

[[_2nd_order, _missing_x], _Liouville, [_2nd_order, _reducible, _mu_x_y1], [_2nd_order, _reducible, _mu_xy]]

\[ \boxed {y y^{\prime \prime }-3 {y^{\prime }}^{2}=0} \]

10.13.1 Solving as second order ode missing x ode

This is missing independent variable second order ode. Solved by reduction of order by using substitution which makes the dependent variable \(y\) an independent variable. Using \begin {align*} y' &= p(y) \end {align*}

Then \begin {align*} y'' &= \frac {dp}{dx}\\ &= \frac {dy}{dx} \frac {dp}{dy}\\ &= p \frac {dp}{dy} \end {align*}

Hence the ode becomes \begin {align*} p \left (y \right ) \left (\frac {d}{d y}p \left (y \right )\right ) y -3 p \left (y \right )^{2} = 0 \end {align*}

Which is now solved as first order ode for \(p(y)\). In canonical form the ODE is \begin {align*} p' &= F(y,p)\\ &= f( y) g(p)\\ &= \frac {3 p}{y} \end {align*}

Where \(f(y)=\frac {3}{y}\) and \(g(p)=p\). Integrating both sides gives \begin {align*} \frac {1}{p} \,dp &= \frac {3}{y} \,d y\\ \int { \frac {1}{p} \,dp} &= \int {\frac {3}{y} \,d y}\\ \ln \left (p \right )&=3 \ln \left (y \right )+c_{1}\\ p&={\mathrm e}^{3 \ln \left (y \right )+c_{1}}\\ &=c_{1} y^{3} \end {align*}

For solution (1) found earlier, since \(p=y^{\prime }\) then we now have a new first order ode to solve which is \begin {align*} y^{\prime } = c_{1} y^{3} \end {align*}

Integrating both sides gives \begin {align*} \int \frac {1}{c_{1} y^{3}}d y &= x +c_{2}\\ -\frac {1}{2 y^{2} c_{1}}&=x +c_{2} \end {align*}

Solving for \(y\) gives these solutions \begin {align*} y_1&=\frac {1}{\sqrt {-2 c_{1} c_{2} -2 c_{1} x}}\\ y_2&=-\frac {1}{\sqrt {-2 c_{1} c_{2} -2 c_{1} x}} \end {align*}

Summary

The solution(s) found are the following \begin{align*} \tag{1} y &= \frac {1}{\sqrt {-2 c_{1} c_{2} -2 c_{1} x}} \\ \tag{2} y &= -\frac {1}{\sqrt {-2 c_{1} c_{2} -2 c_{1} x}} \\ \end{align*}

Verification of solutions

\[ y = \frac {1}{\sqrt {-2 c_{1} c_{2} -2 c_{1} x}} \] Verified OK.

\[ y = -\frac {1}{\sqrt {-2 c_{1} c_{2} -2 c_{1} x}} \] Verified OK.

10.13.2 Maple step by step solution

\[ \begin {array}{lll} & {} & \textrm {Let's solve}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \left (\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }\right ) y-3 {y^{\prime }}^{2}=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Highest derivative means the order of the ODE is}\hspace {3pt} 2 \\ {} & {} & \frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime } \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Define new dependent variable}\hspace {3pt} u \\ {} & {} & u \left (x \right )=y^{\prime } \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Compute}\hspace {3pt} \frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime } \\ {} & {} & u^{\prime }\left (x \right )=y^{\prime \prime } \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Use chain rule on the lhs}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & y^{\prime } \left (\frac {d}{d y}u \left (y \right )\right )=y^{\prime \prime } \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Substitute in the definition of}\hspace {3pt} u \\ {} & {} & u \left (y \right ) \left (\frac {d}{d y}u \left (y \right )\right )=y^{\prime \prime } \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Make substitutions}\hspace {3pt} y^{\prime }=u \left (y \right ),\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }=u \left (y \right ) \left (\frac {d}{d y}u \left (y \right )\right )\hspace {3pt}\textrm {to reduce order of ODE}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & u \left (y \right ) \left (\frac {d}{d y}u \left (y \right )\right ) y -3 u \left (y \right )^{2}=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solve for the highest derivative}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \frac {d}{d y}u \left (y \right )=\frac {3 u \left (y \right )}{y} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Separate variables}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \frac {\frac {d}{d y}u \left (y \right )}{u \left (y \right )}=\frac {3}{y} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Integrate both sides with respect to}\hspace {3pt} y \\ {} & {} & \int \frac {\frac {d}{d y}u \left (y \right )}{u \left (y \right )}d y =\int \frac {3}{y}d y +c_{1} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Evaluate integral}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \ln \left (u \left (y \right )\right )=3 \ln \left (y \right )+c_{1} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solve for}\hspace {3pt} u \left (y \right ) \\ {} & {} & u \left (y \right )={\mathrm e}^{c_{1}} y^{3} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solve 1st ODE for}\hspace {3pt} u \left (y \right ) \\ {} & {} & u \left (y \right )={\mathrm e}^{c_{1}} y^{3} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Revert to original variables with substitution}\hspace {3pt} u \left (y \right )=y^{\prime },y =y \\ {} & {} & y^{\prime }={\mathrm e}^{c_{1}} y^{3} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solve for the highest derivative}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & y^{\prime }={\mathrm e}^{c_{1}} y^{3} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Separate variables}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \frac {y^{\prime }}{y^{3}}={\mathrm e}^{c_{1}} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Integrate both sides with respect to}\hspace {3pt} x \\ {} & {} & \int \frac {y^{\prime }}{y^{3}}d x =\int {\mathrm e}^{c_{1}}d x +c_{2} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Evaluate integral}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & -\frac {1}{2 y^{2}}={\mathrm e}^{c_{1}} x +c_{2} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solve for}\hspace {3pt} y \\ {} & {} & \left \{y=\frac {1}{\sqrt {-2 \,{\mathrm e}^{c_{1}} x -2 c_{2}}}, y=-\frac {1}{\sqrt {-2 \,{\mathrm e}^{c_{1}} x -2 c_{2}}}\right \} \end {array} \]

Maple trace

`Methods for second order ODEs: 
--- Trying classification methods --- 
trying 2nd order Liouville 
<- 2nd_order Liouville successful`
 

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.016 (sec). Leaf size: 33

dsolve(y(x)*diff(y(x),x$2)-3*(diff(y(x),x))^2=0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\begin{align*} y \left (x \right ) &= 0 \\ y \left (x \right ) &= \frac {1}{\sqrt {-2 c_{1} x -2 c_{2}}} \\ y \left (x \right ) &= -\frac {1}{\sqrt {-2 c_{1} x -2 c_{2}}} \\ \end{align*}

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.106 (sec). Leaf size: 14

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

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