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Homework Statement
I must solve yy''-(y')^2-6xy^2=0.
Homework Equations
Not sure.
The Attempt at a Solution
I reach something but this doesn't satisfy the original DE...
Here is my work:
I divide the DE by y^2 to get the new DE \frac{y''}{y}- \left ( \frac{y'}{y} \right ) ^2-6x=0. Now I notice that \left ( \frac{y'}{y} \right )'=\frac{y''}{y}-1 so that the DE to solve reduces to \left ( \frac{y'}{y} \right )'- \left ( \frac{y'}{y} \right ) ^2+1-6x=0.
This suggests me to call a new variable v=\frac{y'}{y}. Thus the DE to solve reduces to v'-v^2+1-6x=0. It is separable so I'm extremely lucky. I reach that \ln y = \int (3x^2+c_1)dx+c_2 \Rightarrow y(x)=e^{x^3+c_1x}+c_2.
Hence y'=(3x^2+c_1)e^{x^3+c_1x} and 6xe^{x^3+c_1x}+(3x^2+c_1)^2e^{x^3+c_1x}. Plugging these into the original DE doesn't reduces to 0.
What did I do wrong?