Solve y′=y^2 x

Jairo Hodges

Jairo Hodges

Answered question

2022-11-07

Solve y = y 2 x
Given the differential equation y = y 2 x, what are the solutions to y? Obviously this is not a linear differential equation, which I'm used to solving. I checked if it is separable, which would make it easier to solve, and I ended up with the solution y = 2 x 2 + c , where c is the constant. Are there more solutions to this I'm missing?

Answer & Explanation

Savanna Smith

Savanna Smith

Beginner2022-11-08Added 17 answers

By inspection, y = 0 is a solution. Then
y y 2 = x
and by integration
1 y = x 2 2 + c .

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