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Lecture Notes in Differential Equations - Bruce E. Shapiro

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Lesson 8<br />

Homogeneous <strong>Equations</strong><br />

Def<strong>in</strong>ition 8.1. An ord<strong>in</strong>ary differential equation is said to be homogeneous<br />

if it can be written <strong>in</strong> the form<br />

dy<br />

( y<br />

)<br />

dt = g t<br />

(8.1)<br />

Another way of stat<strong>in</strong>g this def<strong>in</strong>ition is say that<br />

y ′ = f(t, y) (8.2)<br />

is homogeneous if there exists some function g such that<br />

y ′ = g(z) (8.3)<br />

where z = y/t.<br />

Example 8.1. Show that<br />

dy<br />

dt = 2ty<br />

t 2 − 3y 2 (8.4)<br />

is homogeneous.<br />

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