cheatmenot said:
(a) all circles tangent to x-axis?? with answer on the book [1+(y^{2})^2]^3=[yy''+1+(y')^2]^2
(b) all circles with fixed radius r and tangent to x-axis??
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(a) The equation of a circle with center at $(x_0,y_0)$ and radius $r$ is: $$(x-x_0)^2+(y-y_0)^2=r^2$$
Since the circles should tangent to the $x-$axis, $y_0= \pm r$.
Therefore,
$$(x-x_0)^2+(y \mp r)^2=r^2 $$
$x_0$ and $r$ are arbitrary constants and must not appear in ODE which generates the family of the circles. Since there are two arbitrary constants to eliminate, the ODE will be second order.
Differentiating both sides with respect to $x$ we have the following:
$$2(x-x_0)+2(y \mp r)y'=0 $$
Differentiating again with respect to $x$ we have the following:
$$2+2(y')^2+2(y \mp r)y''=0 $$
Now you have to use these equations to get rid of $x_0$ and $r$, or to get rid of $(x-x_0)$ and $(y \mp r)$ by expressing them in terms of $y$ and its derivatives.
(b)The equation of a circle with center at $(x_0,y_0)$ and fixed radius $r$ is: $$(x-x_0)^2+(y-y_0)^2=r^2$$
Since the circles should tangent to the $x-$axis, $y_0= \pm r$.
Therefore,
$$(x-x_0)^2+(y \mp r)^2=r^2 $$
$x_0$ is an arbitrary constant and must not appear in ODE which generates the family of the circles. Since there is only one arbitrary constant to eliminate, the ODE will be 1st order.
Differentiating both sides with respect to $x$ we have the following:
$$2(x-x_0)+2(y \mp r)y'=0 $$
Now you have to use these equations to get rid of $x_0$, or to get rid of $(x-x_0)$ by expressing this in terms of $r$ and of $y$ and its derivatives.