Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-47038-334-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47038-334-6

Chapter 2 - First Order Differential Equations - 2.2 Separable Equations - Problems - Page 48: 21

Answer

The solution of initial value problem is given by $$ y^{3}-3y^{2}- x- x^{3}+2=0 $$ the interval in which the solution is valid is $| x | \lt 1$.

Work Step by Step

$$ y^{'}=\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{(1+3x^{2})}{(3y^{2}-6y)} ,\quad \quad y(0)=1 $$ the differential equation can be written as $$ (3y^{2}-6y)dy=(1+3x^{2})dx,\quad y(0)=1 \quad (*) $$ integrating the left side with respect to $y$ and the right side with respect to $x$ gives $$ y^{3}-3y^{2}=x+x^{3}+c \quad \quad (**) $$ where c is an arbitrary constant. To determine the solution satisfying the prescribed initial condition, we substitute $x=0$ and $y=1$ in eq. (**) Hence the solution of initial value problem is given by $$ y^{3}-3y^{2}- x- x^{3}+2=0 \quad \quad (**) $$ The interval of validity of this solution extends on either side of the initial point as long as the function remains differentiable, as we see in figure 1 which is attached. We see that the interval ends when we reach points where the tangent line is vertical. It follows from the differential equation (*) that these are points where $3y^{2}-6y =3y(y-2)=0$ i.e. when $y=0 $ or $y=2 $ and from equation (**) the corresponding values of $x$ are respectively $x=1 $ or $x=-1 $ . So the interval in which the solution is valid is $| x | \lt 1$.
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