Solving Bernoulli Equation: Confirm Results and Identify Error

[Saladsamurai]

I have solved the following Bernoulli equation by letting Z = y^{1 - 2}:

xy' - 2y = x³y². I obtained the solution

y = 5/(5c₁ - x⁵)

which Wolfram Alpha has confirmed.

From this result, I have obtained y' to be

y' = 25x⁴/(5c₁ - x⁵)²

The problem is when I go to check the solution by plugging into DE:

x*25x⁴/(5c₁ - x⁵)² - 2*5/(5c₁ - x⁵)

= \frac{25x^4}{(5c_1 - x^5)^2} - \frac{10}{5c_1 - x^5} = \frac{25x^4}{(5c_1 - x^5)^2} - \frac{10*(5c_1 - x^5)}{(5c_1 - x^5)^2}

which will never equal the right hand side of the original equation:

x^3y^2 = x^3\frac{25}{(5c_1 - x^5)^2}Anyone seeing where I am messing this up?

thanks.

 

[╔(σ_σ)╝]

Hello fellow engineer ,

First of all your y(x) and wolframs y(x) are not the same function.

You are missing an x^{2} term.

 

[Saladsamurai]

Hello fellow engineer ,

First of all your y(x) and wolframs y(x) are not the same function.

You are missing an x^{2} term.

Ahhh...yes. Thanks! So let's try this again...

The solution to xy' - 2y = x³y² is given by

y(x) = \frac{5x^2}{5c - x^5} = 5x^2(5c - x^5)^{-1}

\Rightarrow y'(x) = (5x^2)\cdot[(-1)(5c - x^5)^{-2}(-5x^4)] + ((5c - x^5)^{-1})\cdot[10x]

\Rightarrow y'(x) = \frac{25x^6}{(5c-x^5)^2}+\frac{10x}{5c-x^5}

\Rightarrow y'(x) = \frac{25x^6+(5c - x^5)(10x)}{(5c - x^5)^2}

Plugging the result back into original DE we have

\frac{25x^7+(5c - x^5)(10x^2)}{(5c - x^5)^2} - 2*\frac{5x^2}{5c - x^5}=<br /> \frac{25x^7+(5c - x^5)(10x^2)}{(5c - x^5)^2} -\frac{(5c - x^5)(10x^2)}{(5c - x^5)^2} = \frac{25x^7}{(5c - x^5)^2} = A<br />

From the right side of original DE we know that

A&#039; = x^3y^2 = \frac{(x^3)(25*x^4)}{(5c - x^5)^2} =\frac{25x^7}{(5c - x^5)^2}

Thus, A = A' and we must have the solution.

Thanks for catching that error!