First Order ODE/dx = (y over (1 - x^2 y^2)) dx + (x over (1 - x^2 y^2)) dy
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Theorem
The first order ordinary differential equation:
- $(1): \quad \d x = \dfrac y {1 - x^2 y^2} \rd x + \dfrac x {1 - x^2 y^2} \rd y$
is an exact differential equation with solution:
- $\map \ln {\dfrac {1 + x y} {1 - x y} } - 2 x = C$
This can also be presented as:
- $\dfrac {\d y} {\d x} = -\dfrac {\dfrac y {1 - x^2 y^2} - 1} {\dfrac x {1 - x^2 y^2} }$
Proof
First express $(1)$ in the form:
- $(2): \quad \paren {\dfrac y {1 - x^2 y^2} - 1} + \paren {\dfrac x {1 - x^2 y^2} } \dfrac {\d y} {\d x}$
Let:
- $\map M {x, y} = \dfrac y {1 - x^2 y^2} - 1$
- $\map N {x, y} = \dfrac x {1 - x^2 y^2}$
Then:
\(\ds \frac {\partial M} {\partial y}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac 1 {1 - x^2 y^2} + \frac {2 x^2 y^2} {\paren {1 - x^2 y^2}^2}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac {1 + x^2 y^2} {\paren {1 - x^2 y^2}^2}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \frac {\partial N} {\partial x}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac {1 + x^2 y^2} {\paren {1 - x^2 y^2}^2}\) | similarly |
Thus $\dfrac {\partial M} {\partial y} = \dfrac {\partial N} {\partial x}$ and $(1)$ is seen by definition to be exact.
By Solution to Exact Differential Equation, the solution to $(1)$ is:
- $\map f {x, y} = C$
where:
\(\ds \dfrac {\partial f} {\partial x}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map M {x, y}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \dfrac {\partial f} {\partial y}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map N {x, y}\) |
Hence:
\(\ds f\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map M {x, y} \rd x + \map g y\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \int \paren {\dfrac y {1 - x^2 y^2} - 1} \rd x + \map g y\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \int \dfrac {y \rd x} {1 - x^2 y^2} - \int \rd x + \map g y\) |
Substitute $z = x y$ to obtain:
- $\dfrac {\d z} {\d x} = y$
This gives:
\(\ds f\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \map M {x, y} \rd x + \map g y\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac 1 2 \map \ln {\frac {1 + z} {1 - z} } - \int \rd x + \map g y\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds \map M {x, y} \rd x + \map g y\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac 1 2 \map \ln {\frac {1 + x y} {1 - x y} } - x + \map g y\) |
and:
\(\ds f\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \int \map N {x, y} \rd y + \map h x\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \int \paren {\frac {1 + x^2 y^2} {\paren {1 - x^2 y^2}^2} } \rd y + \map h x\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds \frac 1 2 \map \ln {\frac {1 + x y} {1 - x y} } + \map h x\) |
Thus:
- $\map f {x, y} = \dfrac 1 2 \map \ln {\dfrac {1 + x y} {1 - x y} } - x$
and by Solution to Exact Differential Equation, the solution to $(1)$, after simplification, is:
- $\map \ln {\dfrac {1 + x y} {1 - x y} } - 2 x = C$
$\blacksquare$
Sources
- 1972: George F. Simmons: Differential Equations ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 2.8$: Exact Equations: Problem $11$