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Jim asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 1 decade ago

Simplifying Variables / Exponents.?

i'm trying to solve the homogenous differential equation: xy' - y = SQRT(x^2 + y^2)

when i divide everything by x what would the right side be equal too?

how can i simplify: SQRT[x^2 + y^2] / x

any help is much appreciated.

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    x∙y' - y = √(x² + y²)

    <=>

    y' = √(x² + y²)/x + y/x

    <=>

    y' = √( (x² + y²)/x² ) + y/x

    <=>

    y' = √(1 + (y/x)²) + y/x

    So you have a ordinary first order differential equation of the form

    y' = F(y/x)

    a so called first order homogeneous differential equation. You can convert is to a separable first order equation by substituting y/x.

    Let

    u = y/x

    <=>

    y = x∙u

    =>

    y' = x∙u' + u

    y' = √(1 + (y/x)²) + y/x

    <=>

    x∙u' + u = √(1 + u²) + u

    <=>

    u' = du/dx = (1/x)∙√(1 + u²)

    <=>

    (1/√(1 + u²)) du = (1/x) dx

    =>

    ∫ (1/√(1 + u²)) du = ∫ (1/x) dx

    Left hand side integral can be solved by trigonometric substitution:

    u = tan(t)

    =>

    du = (tan²(t) + 1) dt

    =>

    ∫ (1/√(1 + u²)) du

    = ∫ (tan²(t) + 1)/√(1 + tan²(t)) dt

    = ∫ √(tan²(t) + 1) dt

    < since tan²(t) + 1 = sec²(t)

    = ∫ sec(t) dt

    = ln(sec(t) + tan(t))

    = ln(√(tan²(t) + 1) + tan(t))

    = ln(√(u² + 1) + u)

    Hence,

    ∫ (1/√(1 + u²)) du = ∫ (1/x) dx

    <=>

    ln(√(u² + 1) + u) = ln(x) + c

    <=>

    √(u² + 1) + u = e^( ln(x) + c ) = e^(c)∙e^(ln(x)) = e^(c)∙x

    set C = e^(c)

    √(u² + 1) + u = C∙x

    <=>

    √((y/x)² + 1) + (y/x) = C∙x

    <=>

    √(y² + x²) + y = C∙x²

    <=>

    √(y² + x²) = C∙x² - y

    <=>

    y² + x² = (C∙x² - y)²

    <=>

    y² + x² = (C²∙x⁴ - 2∙C∙x²∙y + y²

    <=>

    2∙C∙x²∙y = (C²∙x⁴ - x²)

    <=>

    y = (C/2)∙x² - 1/(/2∙C)

    set C' = 2∙C

    y = 4∙C'∙x² - 1/C'

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