Finding U(x,y) from mixed partial derivative conditions

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let be the function U=U(x,y) satisfying:
[tex]U_{x}=(a/\epsilon)^{y}y[/tex] and [tex]U_{y}=(a/\epsilon)^{x}x[/tex] (1)
where we have introduced the notation [tex]U_{i}=dU/di[/tex] i=x,y then from expression (1) we could construct the differential equation:
[tex]xU_{x}-yU_{y}=0[/tex] (2)
from (2) we could construct the solution to obtain U, my problem is how to obtain U so its derivatives respect to x and y give the result in (1)
 
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How does (2) follow from (1)?