ODE
\[ x \left (x^2+1\right ) y'(x)=a x^2+y(x) \] ODE Classification
[_linear]
Book solution method
Linear ODE
Mathematica ✓
cpu = 0.166377 (sec), leaf count = 23
\[\left \{\left \{y(x)\to \frac {x \left (a \sinh ^{-1}(x)+c_1\right )}{\sqrt {x^2+1}}\right \}\right \}\]
Maple ✓
cpu = 0.011 (sec), leaf count = 19
\[\left [y \left (x \right ) = \frac {\left (a \arcsinh \left (x \right )+\textit {\_C1} \right ) x}{\sqrt {x^{2}+1}}\right ]\] Mathematica raw input
DSolve[x*(1 + x^2)*y'[x] == a*x^2 + y[x],y[x],x]
Mathematica raw output
{{y[x] -> (x*(a*ArcSinh[x] + C[1]))/Sqrt[1 + x^2]}}
Maple raw input
dsolve(x*(x^2+1)*diff(y(x),x) = a*x^2+y(x), y(x))
Maple raw output
[y(x) = (a*arcsinh(x)+_C1)*x/(x^2+1)^(1/2)]