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Monday, November 19, 2012

Solving Equations - Homogeneous Functions

Category: Differential Equations, Integral Calculus

"Published in Newark, California, USA"

Find the general solution for the equation:



Solution:

The equation above is Differential Equation because it has dx and dy. The type of equation is Homogeneous because the functions and variables cannot be separated by Separation of Variables. There's a method to solve the Homogeneous Functions. Consider the given equation



Let   y = vx
      dy = vdx + xdv

Substitute y and dy to the given equation, we have






The above equation can now be separated by Separation of Variables. Divide both sides of the equation by x2


Integrate both sides of the equation






but y = vx and v = y/x, therefore,




Multiply both sides of the equation by 4x,