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Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro

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Appendix C<br />

Summary of Methods<br />

First Order L<strong>in</strong>ear <strong>Equations</strong><br />

<strong>Equations</strong> of the form y ′ + p(t)y = q(t) have the solution<br />

y(t) = 1 ( ∫<br />

)<br />

C + µ(s)q(s)ds<br />

µ(t)<br />

where<br />

(∫ )<br />

µ(t) = exp p(s)ds<br />

t<br />

Exact <strong>Equations</strong><br />

An differential equation<br />

is exact if<br />

M(t, y)dt + N(t, y)dy = 0<br />

∂M<br />

∂y = ∂N<br />

∂t<br />

<strong>in</strong> which case the solution is a φ(t) = C where<br />

∫<br />

φ(t, y) =<br />

M = ∂φ<br />

∂t , N = ∂φ<br />

∂y<br />

Mdt +<br />

∫ (<br />

N −<br />

∫ ∂M<br />

∂y dt )<br />

dy<br />

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