A seemingly difficult differential equation

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Anyone know how to solve it?
Either step by step or using MatLab/Mathematica/Maple is ok.
[tex]\frac{a+bsinwt-c\sqrt{H}}{k}=\frac{dH}{dt}[/tex]

I need it in modelling an engineering problem, but I simply don't have any idea to solve it...
 
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the solution is approaching ulgy

Maple and I can only solve it if b=0.

It is easy for a=b=0, e.g. the homogeneous case, namely

[tex]k\frac{dH}{dt}+c\sqrt{H(t)}=0[/tex]

has the solution

[tex]H(t)=(C-\frac{ct}{2k})^2[/tex].

If [tex]a\neq 0,[/tex] then the solution is approaching ulgy, see for yourself: Implicitly it is given by

[tex]c^2t+ka\ln(-a^2+c^2H(t))+2ck\sqrt{H(t)}-ka\ln(a+c\sqrt{H(t)})+ka\ln(c\sqrt{H(t)}-a)+C = 0[/tex]

have a nice day
 
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thanks
but b cannot be zero.
anyone have more?
 
I think that a solution is as follows:

H = ( a/c + (H0^2-a/c)exp(-c/2k t) + b c sin(wt)/(c^2+4*k^2*w^2) - 2 k b w cos(wt)/(c^2+4*k^2*w^2) )^2
 
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