Calculus 2, Is this a differential equation problem?
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Hello I was wondering if someone could help me on a problem, if so it would be greatly appreciated. Is this a differential equation problem, and if so could some show me how to go about doing it? Find all functions f that satisfy the equation (integral f(x) dx) (integral 1/f(x) dx) = -1
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Answer:
Let y = integral f(x) dx [Actually, this would be written better as y = integral[a, x] f(t) dt where a is some constant] Then y' = f(x) Also since integral (1/f(x)) dx = -1 / (integral f(x) dx) = -1/y we can differentiate to get 1/f(x) = (1/y^2)*y' = (1/y^2)*f(x) Multiply through by f(x) * y^2: y^2 = (f(x))^2 = (y')^2 i.e. y^2 - (y')^2 = 0 (y - y')(y + y') = 0 Hence we have the two differential equations y' - y = 0 and y + y' = 0 The solutions of these are y = Ae^x and y = Be^(-x)
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[∫ f(x) dx] [∫ 1/f(x) dx] = -1 solve for the second integral ∫ 1/f(x) dx let z = 1/f(x) dz/dx = -f(x)/f'(x) dx = -f'(x)/f(x) dz dx = -z f'(x) dz ∫ 1/f(x) dx = - ∫ z² f'(x) dz [∫ f(x) dx] [∫ 1/f(x) dx] = -1 [∫ f(x) dx] [- ∫ z² f'(x) dz] = -1 [∫ f(x) dx] [∫ z² f'(x) dz] = 1 ∫ z² f'(x) dz .......... integrate by parts: = uv - ∫ v du = z²f(x) - ∫ f(x) (2z dz) = 1/f(x) - 2 ∫ z f(x) dz = 1/f(x) - 2 ∫ z (1/z) dz = 1/f(x) - 2 ∫ dz = 1/f(x) - 2z + C = 1/f(x) - 2f(x) + C ∫ f(x) dx = ∫ (1/z) (-z)f'(x) dz = ∫ f'(x) dz = z f'(x) = f'(x)/f(x) [∫ f(x) dx] [∫ z² f'(x) dz] = 1 [f'(x)/f(x)] [ 1/f(x) - 2f(x) ] = 1 f'(x) ( 1 - 2[f(x)]² ) = f(x) let y = f(x) ==> y' = f'(x) y' (1 - 2y²) = y y' = y/(1 - 2y²) dy/dx = y/(1 - 2y²) (1 - 2y²)/y dy = dx (1/y - 2y) dy = dx ∫ (1/y - 2y) dy = ∫ dx ∫ 1/y dy - 2 ∫ y dy = ∫ dx lny - y² = x + C lny = y² + x + C y = e^(y² + x + C) y = A e^(x + y²) ......... where A is a constant I don't know how to solve for y, I think it got something to do with W-Lambert function or stuff like that.... hope someone can continue from here (assuming that I didn't mess up my working up there)
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