How Do I Interpret This Proposition on Differential Equations and Invertibility?

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The discussion centers on the interpretation of a proposition regarding differential equations and invertibility. The proposition states that if \( J \subset \mathbb{R} \) is an open interval containing the origin and \( \gamma:J \rightarrow \mathbb{R^n} \) is a solution to the differential equation \( \dot{x}=f(x) \) with initial condition \( \gamma(0) = x_0 \in U \), then the function \( B(t) = \int_0^t\frac{1}{g(\gamma(s))}ds \) is invertible on its range \( K \subseteq \mathbb{R} \). The inverse function \( \rho:K \rightarrow J \) satisfies \( \rho'(t) = g(\gamma(\rho(t))) \), and the function \( \sigma(t) = \gamma(\rho(t)) \) solves the differential equation \( \dot{x}=g(x)f(x) \) with initial condition \( \sigma(0) = x_0 \).

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Could someone help me interpret the following proposition? I've been struggling to comprehend it. Thanks in advance.

Proposition: If $J \subset \mathbb{R}$ is an open interval containing the origin and $\gamma:J \rightarrow \mathbb{R^n}$ is a solution of the differential equation $\dot{x}=f(x)$ with $\gamma(0) = x_0 \in U$, then the function $B:J \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ given by $$B(t) = \int_0^t\frac{1}{g(\gamma(s))}ds$$ is invertible on its range $K \subseteq \mathbb{R}$. If $\rho:K \rightarrow J$ is the inverse of $B$, then the identity $$\rho'(t) = g(\gamma(\rho(t)))$$ holds for all $t\in K$, and the function $\sigma:K \rightarrow \mathbb{R^n}$ given by $\sigma(t) = \gamma(\rho(t))$ is the solution of the differential equation $\dot{x}=g(x)f(x)$ with initial condition $\sigma(0) = x_0$.

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This is about changing the time scale of the ODE. The trajectories as geometric objects stay the same, only the parametrization changes. That is, if ##γ(t)## is a solution of the ODE, then ##γ(ρ(s))## reaches the same points provided that ##ρ## is bijective.

Assuming that the parametrization is differentiable, the derivative of the composition is ##\frac d{ds}γ(ρ(s))=γ'(ρ(s))ρ'(s)##, and one can prescribe any rule to ##ρ'(s)##, for instance ##ρ'(s)=g(γ(ρ(s)))##.

The statement involving ##B## is then an application of the inverse function theorem, if ##B(ρ(s))=s##, then ##1=B'(ρ(s))ρ'(s)=B'(ρ(s))g(γ(ρ(s)))##, and with ##t=ρ(s)##, ##1=B'(t)g(γ(t))##.
 

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