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6.10 Further example

Example.

Find a solution to the equation dydx=(y2+1)(x-1)\frac{dy}{dx}=(y^{2}+1)(x-1) satisfying y(0)=1y(0)=1.

Solution. Dividing both sides by (y2+1)(y^{2}+1), we obtain

dyy2+1=(x-1)dx\int\frac{dy}{y^{2}+1}=\int(x-1)\,dx

and hence tan-1y=x22-x+c\tan^{-1}y=\frac{x^{2}}{2}-x+c. To get this into the form y=f(x)y=f(x) we apply tan\tan to both sides to get the general solution y=tan(x22-x+c).y={\tan(\frac{x^{2}}{2}-x+c).} For the particular solution, we equate y(0)=tanc=1y(0)={\tan c}=1, so we have c=π4.c={\frac{\pi}{4}.} (Adding an integer multiple of π\pi to cc has no effect on the function, so we may assume c[0,π)c\in[0,\pi).)