First-Order Ordinary Differential Equations

Determine whether the following differential form is exact or not. If it is not exact then find an integrating factor \(\rho\) that transforms it into an exact differential form.

Exercise 1

\(2xy \, \dx + (x^2 - e^y) \, \dy = 0\)

Exercise 2

\((xy^2 + 3x^2y) \, \dx + (x+y)x^2 \, \dy = 0\)

Exercise 3

\((2xy + 2x^2y + y^2) \, \dx + (x^2 + y) \, \dy = 0\)

Exercise 4

\(\frac{\dy}{\dx} = \frac{-y}{(2x - ye^y)}\)

Exercise 5

\((2x + 3) + 2(y - 2) \frac{\dy}{\dx} = 0\)

Exercise 6

\(\frac{\dy}{\dx} = \frac{-(2xy^2 + 2y)}{(2x^2y + 2x)}\)

Find an implicit general solution to the following differential equations.
(Make sure to check whether the differential form is exact or not, first!)

Exercise 7

\((3x^2 - 2xy + 2) \, \dx + (6y^2 - x^2 + 3) \, \dy = 0\)

Exercise 8

\(\left(\dfrac{y}{x} + 6x\right) \, \dx + (\log(x) - 2) \, \dy = 0 \,, \qquad x > 0\)

Exercise 9

\((x + 2y) \, \dx + (2x - y) \, \dy = 0\)

Exercise 10

\((3xy-y^2)\,\dx + (x^2 - xy)\,\dy = 0\)

Exercise 11

\((y^2 - xy)\,\dx + (3xy - x^2)\,\dy = 0\)

Exercise 12

\(-(2x+y)\,\dx = (x + 9y)\,\dy\)

Exercise 13

\(\left( \dfrac{x^3}{y^2} + \dfrac{2}{y} \right) \, \dx + \left( \dfrac{2x}{y^2} + y \right) \, \dy = 0\)

Exercise 14

\((3x-2y)\,\dx + (y - 2x)\,\dy = 0\)

Exercise 15

\(\dfrac{\dy}{\dx} = e^{2x} + y - 2\)

Exercise 16

\((y e^{2xy})\,\dx + (x e^{2xy} + y) \, \dy = 0\)

Exercise 17

\((e^{y}\cot(x) + 2x\csc(x))\,\dx + e^{y}\,\dy = 0\)

For #18-20, solve the initial-value problems.
(You may leave your answers in implicit form)

Exercise 18

\((3x-2y)\,\dx + (y - 2x)\,\dy = 0 \qquad y(1) = 3 \,.\)

Exercise 19

\((2xy-9x^2)\,\dx + (2y+x^2+1) \, \dy = 0\)

Exercise 20

\(y e^{2xy} \, \dx + (x e^{2xy} + y) \, \dy = 0 \,, \qquad y(1) = 0 \,.\)

Exercise 21

\((x + 2y)\,\dx + (2x-y)\,\dy = 0 \,, \qquad y(2) = 2 \,.\)

Exercise 22

Show that a separated differential form (i.e. \(\dfrac{1}{g(y)} \, \dy = f(x) \, \dx\)) is exact. Assume \(g(y) \neq 0\) for every \(y\). Find an implicit general solution using \(f(x)\) and \(g(y)\).
(Note: Let \(F(x)\) denote a primitive of \(f(x)\) and \(G(y)\) denote a primitive of \(\dfrac{1}{g(y)}\).)

Exercise 23

Consider a differential form \(M(x,y)\,\dx+N(x,y)\,\dy=0\) such that \(\dfrac{\partial_y M(x,y) - \partial_x N(x,y)}{N(x,y)}\) is a function of only \(x\). Show that there exists an integrating factor \(\rho(x)\) that satisfies \[\rho' = \frac{\partial_y M(x,y) - \partial_x N(x,y)}{N(x,y)} \, \rho \,.\]

Exercise 24

Consider a differential form \(M(x,y)\,\dx+N(x,y)\,\dy=0\) such that \(\dfrac{\partial_x N(x,y) - \partial_y M(x,y)}{M(x,y)}\) is a function of only \(y\). Show that there exists an integrating factor \(\rho(y)\) that satisfies \[\rho' = \frac{\partial_x N(x,y) - \partial_y M(x,y)}{M(x,y)} \, \rho \,.\]

Exercise 25

What value of \(\alpha\) makes this exact? \((\alpha\,x^3 +\alpha\,y^2x)\,\dx + (4yx^2+y^4) \, \dy = 0\)

Exercise 26

Solve the previous problem using the value of \(\alpha\) that makes the differential form exact.

Exercise 27

What value of \(\alpha\),\(\beta\) make this exact? \((\frac{\alpha\,y}{x}+\beta\,x)\,\dx + (log(\beta\,x)+6) \, \dy = 0\)