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: 22

Answer

the solution of initial value problem is given by $$ y^{3}-4y- x^{3}+1=0 $$ the interval in which the solution is valid is $|x^{3}-1 | \lt \frac{16}{3\sqrt 3}$. or $ -1.276 \lt x \lt 1.597 $.

Work Step by Step

$$ y^{'}=\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{3x^{2}}{(3y^{2}-4)} ,\quad \quad y(1)=0 $$ the differential equation can be written as $$ (3y^{2}-4)dy=3x^{2}dx,\quad y(1)=0 \quad (*) $$ integrating the left side with respect to $y$ and the right side with respect to $x$ gives $$ y^{3}-4y=x^{3}+c \quad \quad (**) $$ where c is an arbitrary constant. To determine the solution satisfying the prescribed initial condition, we substitute $x=1$ and $y=0$ in eq. (**) Hence the solution of initial value problem is given by $$ y^{3}-4y- x^{3}+1=0 \quad \quad (**) $$ 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 $3y^{2}-4 =0$ i.e. when $y=\frac{2}{\sqrt 3} $ or $y=-\frac{2}{\sqrt 3} $ and from equation (**) the corresponding values of $x$ are respectively $x^{3}-1=\frac{16}{3\sqrt 3} $ or $x^{3}-1=\frac{16}{3\sqrt 3} $ . So the interval in which the solution is valid is $|x^{3}-1 | \lt \frac{16}{3\sqrt 3}$. or the interval in which the solution is valid is $ -1.276 \lt x \lt 1.597 $.
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