2.24.33 Problem 49

Internal problem ID [13597]
Book : Handbook of exact solutions for ordinary differential equations. By Polyanin and Zaitsev. Second edition
Section : Chapter 1, section 1.3. Abel Equations of the Second Kind. subsection 1.3.3-2.
Problem number : 49
Date solved : Friday, December 19, 2025 at 07:59:04 AM
CAS classification : [_rational, [_Abel, `2nd type`, `class B`]]

\begin{align*} y y^{\prime }-\frac {6 a \left (4 x +1\right ) y}{5 x^{{7}/{5}}}&=\frac {a^{2} \left (x -1\right ) \left (27 x +8\right )}{5 x^{{9}/{5}}} \\ \end{align*}

Unknown ode type.

2.24.33.1 ✗ Maple

ode:=y(x)*diff(y(x),x)-6/5*a*(1+4*x)/x^(7/5)*y(x) = 1/5*a^2*(x-1)*(27*x+8)/x^(9/5); 
dsolve(ode,y(x), singsol=all);
 

\[ \text {No solution found} \]

Maple trace

Methods for first order ODEs: 
--- Trying classification methods --- 
trying a quadrature 
trying 1st order linear 
trying Bernoulli 
trying separable 
trying inverse linear 
trying homogeneous types: 
trying Chini 
differential order: 1; looking for linear symmetries 
trying exact 
trying Abel 
Looking for potential symmetries 
Looking for potential symmetries 
Looking for potential symmetries 
trying inverse_Riccati 
trying an equivalence to an Abel ODE 
differential order: 1; trying a linearization to 2nd order 
--- trying a change of variables {x -> y(x), y(x) -> x} 
differential order: 1; trying a linearization to 2nd order 
trying 1st order ODE linearizable_by_differentiation 
--- Trying Lie symmetry methods, 1st order --- 
   -> Computing symmetries using: way = 3 
   -> Computing symmetries using: way = 4 
   -> Computing symmetries using: way = 2 
trying symmetry patterns for 1st order ODEs 
-> trying a symmetry pattern of the form [F(x)*G(y), 0] 
-> trying a symmetry pattern of the form [0, F(x)*G(y)] 
-> trying symmetry patterns of the forms [F(x),G(y)] and [G(y),F(x)] 
   -> Computing symmetries using: way = HINT 
   -> Calling odsolve with the ODE, diff(y(x),x)-1/5/x*y(x)*(8*x+7)/(4*x+1), y( 
x) 
      *** Sublevel 2 *** 
      Methods for first order ODEs: 
      --- Trying classification methods --- 
      trying a quadrature 
      trying 1st order linear 
      <- 1st order linear successful 
   -> Calling odsolve with the ODE, diff(y(x),x)+1/5*y(x)*(27*x^2+76*x+72)/(x-1 
)/x/(27*x+8), y(x) 
      *** Sublevel 2 *** 
      Methods for first order ODEs: 
      --- Trying classification methods --- 
      trying a quadrature 
      trying 1st order linear 
      <- 1st order linear successful 
   -> Computing symmetries using: way = HINT 
   -> Calling odsolve with the ODE, diff(y(x),x), y(x) 
      *** Sublevel 2 *** 
      Methods for first order ODEs: 
      --- Trying classification methods --- 
      trying a quadrature 
      trying 1st order linear 
      <- 1st order linear successful 
   -> Calling odsolve with the ODE, diff(y(x),x)+y(x)/x, y(x) 
      *** Sublevel 2 *** 
      Methods for first order ODEs: 
      --- Trying classification methods --- 
      trying a quadrature 
      trying 1st order linear 
      <- 1st order linear successful 
-> trying a symmetry pattern of the form [F(x),G(x)] 
-> trying a symmetry pattern of the form [F(y),G(y)] 
-> trying a symmetry pattern of the form [F(x)+G(y), 0] 
-> trying a symmetry pattern of the form [0, F(x)+G(y)] 
-> trying a symmetry pattern of the form [F(x),G(x)*y+H(x)] 
-> trying a symmetry pattern of conformal type
 

Maple step by step

\[ \begin {array}{lll} & {} & \textrm {Let's solve}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & y \left (x \right ) \left (\frac {d}{d x}y \left (x \right )\right )-\frac {6 a \left (4 x +1\right ) y \left (x \right )}{5 x^{{7}/{5}}}=\frac {a^{2} \left (x -1\right ) \left (27 x +8\right )}{5 x^{{9}/{5}}} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Highest derivative means the order of the ODE is}\hspace {3pt} 1 \\ {} & {} & \frac {d}{d x}y \left (x \right ) \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solve for the highest derivative}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \frac {d}{d x}y \left (x \right )=\frac {\frac {6 a \left (4 x +1\right ) y \left (x \right )}{5 x^{{7}/{5}}}+\frac {a^{2} \left (x -1\right ) \left (27 x +8\right )}{5 x^{{9}/{5}}}}{y \left (x \right )} \end {array} \]

2.24.33.2 ✗ Mathematica

ode=y[x]*D[y[x],x]-6/5*a*(4*x+1)*x^(-7/5)*y[x]==1/5*a^2*(x-1)*(27*x+8)*x^(-9/5); 
ic={}; 
DSolve[{ode,ic},y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions->True]
 

Timed out

2.24.33.3 ✗ Sympy

from sympy import * 
x = symbols("x") 
a = symbols("a") 
y = Function("y") 
ode = Eq(-a**2*(x - 1)*(27*x + 8)/(5*x**(9/5)) - 6*a*(4*x + 1)*y(x)/(5*x**(7/5)) + y(x)*Derivative(y(x), x),0) 
ics = {} 
dsolve(ode,func=y(x),ics=ics)
 

Timed Out
 

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