First Order Bernoulli Equations
Additional Examples
- We substitute $ y = v^{1/(1-4)} = v^{-1/3}$, so $ dy/dx = -(1/3)v^{-4/3}dv/dx$, and our equation becomes $$ -(1/3)v^{-4/3}\frac{dv}{dx} + 9v^{-1/3} = -3\exp(-10x)v^{-4/3} $$
- Multiply by $-3v^{4/3}$ to obtain a linear equation in the usual form. $$ \frac{dv}{dx} - 27v = 9\exp(-10x) $$
- Solve the linear equation.
- Find the integrating factor $$ \mu(x) = \exp\left(\int -27 dx \right) = \exp(-27x) $$
- Multiply through by the integrating factor $$ \exp(-27x)\frac{dv}{dx} - 27\exp(-27x)v = 9\exp(-10x)\exp(-27x) = 9\exp(-37x) $$
- Recognize the left-hand-side as $\displaystyle \frac{d}{dx}(\mu(x)v).$ $$ \frac{d}{dx}(\exp(-27x)v) =9exp(-37x) $$
- Integrate both sides. $$ \exp(-27x)v = -(9/37)\exp(-37x) + C $$
- Divide through by $\mu(x)$ to solve for $ v.$ $$ v = -(9/37)\exp(-10x) + C\exp(27x) $$
- Back substitute for $ y.$ $$ y = (-(9/37)\exp(-10x) + C\exp(27x))^{-1/3} $$
- We check that $ y = 0$ is indeed a singular solution.
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