Horrible expression involving logs and inverse tan functions

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Homework Statement



\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} + (y^4-1)\frac{dy}{dx} = 0



Homework Equations



\frac{dy}{dx} + (y^4-1) = 0



The Attempt at a Solution



\frac{dy}{dx} = (1- y^4)
\frac{dy}{1- y^4} = dx

Then I get a horrible expression involving logs and inverse tan functions on the LHS and x + A on RHS ?

sorry heading should be ODE not PDE
 
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You have the wrong expression after the integration, try taking the derivative of that with respect to x to see if you get the same expression as you started with. HINT: You forgot the x to y dependence.
 
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