(y')^2+y^2=-2 why this equation has no general solution ?

[young_eng]

hi

(y')^2+y^2=-2
why this differential equation has no general solution ?

[Pengwuino]

It's non-linear. Having a general solution for these types of equations is the exception, not the rule.

Not that there isn't a general solution because I don't know. It's just that non-linear equations rarely have general solutions

[Dickfore]

Because the lhs is necessarily non-negative (sum of squares), whereas the lhs is negative. You can have a solution in complex numbers.

[jackmell]

hi

(y')^2+y^2=-2
why this differential equation has no general solution ?

Why not just solve it the regular way:

\frac{dy}{\sqrt{-2-y^2}}=\pm dx

or [itex]y=\pm i\sqrt{2}[/tex] are solutions, maybe singular ones. Not sure. Otherwise:

\frac{y\sqrt{-2-y^2}}{2+y^2}=\tan(c\pm x)

y(x)=\pm \frac{\sqrt{2}\tan(c\pm x)}{\sqrt{-\sec^2(c\pm x)}}

so that the solution is in the form of y(z)=u+iv

[HallsofIvy]

There is no general solution in terms of real valued functions because if y' and y are both real numbers (for a given x) then (y')^2+ y^2 cannot be negative!

Oops! Dickfore had already said that, hadn't he?