1.2.8 Homogeneous type D

1.2.8.1 Examples

ode internal name "homogeneousTypeD"

The given ode has the form\begin {equation} y^{\prime }=\frac {y}{x}+g\left ( x\right ) f\left ( b\frac {y}{x}\right ) ^{\frac {n}{m}}\tag {1} \end {equation} Where \(b\) is scalar and \(g\left ( x\right ) \) is function of \(x\) and \(n,m\) are integers. The solution is given in Kamke page 20. Using the substitution \(y\left ( x\right ) =u\left ( x\right ) x\) then\[ \frac {dy}{dx}=\frac {du}{dx}x+u \] Hence the given ode becomes\begin {align} \frac {du}{dx}x+u & =u+g\left ( x\right ) f\left ( bu\right ) ^{\frac {n}{m}}\nonumber \\ u^{\prime } & =\frac {1}{x}g\left ( x\right ) f\left ( bu\right ) ^{\frac {n}{m}}\tag {2} \end {align}

The above ode is always separable. This is easily solved for \(u\) assuming the integration can be resolved, and then the solution to the original ode becomes \(y=ux\).