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Oneiromancy
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I solved a pretty routine first-order diff. eq. where you simply separate the variables.
xcos(x)(dy/dx) - sin(y) = 0
=> [tex]\int cot(y)dy[/tex] = [tex]\int dx/x[/tex]
Now, I thought that you would get an arbitrary constant, C, on both sides and they would cancel each other out, but that's wrong. My book let's e^C = A (why?).
The answer should be sin(y) = Ax, but I didn't get that because I canceled out the constant. I suppose my question is why does this happen?
xcos(x)(dy/dx) - sin(y) = 0
=> [tex]\int cot(y)dy[/tex] = [tex]\int dx/x[/tex]
Now, I thought that you would get an arbitrary constant, C, on both sides and they would cancel each other out, but that's wrong. My book let's e^C = A (why?).
The answer should be sin(y) = Ax, but I didn't get that because I canceled out the constant. I suppose my question is why does this happen?