ODE
\[ \left ((1-a) x^2+y(x)^2\right ) y'(x)^2+2 a x y(x) y'(x)+(1-a) y(x)^2+x^2=0 \] ODE Classification
[[_homogeneous, `class A`], _rational, _dAlembert]
Book solution method
Homogeneous ODE, \(x^n f\left ( \frac {y}{x} , y' \right )=0\), Solve for \(p\)
Mathematica ✓
cpu = 0.379789 (sec), leaf count = 79
\[\left \{\text {Solve}\left [\sqrt {a-1} \tan ^{-1}\left (\frac {y(x)}{x}\right )=\frac {1}{2} \log \left (\frac {y(x)^2}{x^2}+1\right )+\log (x)+c_1,y(x)\right ],\text {Solve}\left [\sqrt {a-1} \tan ^{-1}\left (\frac {y(x)}{x}\right )+\frac {1}{2} \log \left (\frac {y(x)^2}{x^2}+1\right )+\log (x)=c_1,y(x)\right ]\right \}\]
Maple ✓
cpu = 3.09 (sec), leaf count = 61
\[\left [y \left (x \right ) = \tan \left (\RootOf \left (-2 \textit {\_Z} \sqrt {a -1}-\ln \left (\frac {x^{2}}{\cos \left (\textit {\_Z} \right )^{2}}\right )+2 \textit {\_C1} \right )\right ) x, y \left (x \right ) = \tan \left (\RootOf \left (2 \textit {\_Z} \sqrt {a -1}-\ln \left (\frac {x^{2}}{\cos \left (\textit {\_Z} \right )^{2}}\right )+2 \textit {\_C1} \right )\right ) x\right ]\] Mathematica raw input
DSolve[x^2 + (1 - a)*y[x]^2 + 2*a*x*y[x]*y'[x] + ((1 - a)*x^2 + y[x]^2)*y'[x]^2 == 0,y[x],x]
Mathematica raw output
{Solve[Sqrt[-1 + a]*ArcTan[y[x]/x] == C[1] + Log[x] + Log[1 + y[x]^2/x^2]/2, y[x]], Solve[Sqrt[-1 + a]*ArcTan[y[x]/x] + Log[x] + Log[1 + y[x]^2/x^2]/2 == C[1], y[x]]}
Maple raw input
dsolve(((1-a)*x^2+y(x)^2)*diff(y(x),x)^2+2*a*x*y(x)*diff(y(x),x)+x^2+(1-a)*y(x)^2 = 0, y(x))
Maple raw output
[y(x) = tan(RootOf(-2*_Z*(a-1)^(1/2)-ln(x^2/cos(_Z)^2)+2*_C1))*x, y(x) = tan(RootOf(2*_Z*(a-1)^(1/2)-ln(x^2/cos(_Z)^2)+2*_C1))*x]