X (du/dx)=-2cot (u) , y=ux Find the solution of the differential equation satisfying the condition y=0 when x=1. Write the answer in the form y=f (x)?

1 Answer
Apr 17, 2018

bary = x arccos(e^(2(x-1)))

Explanation:

The differential equation:

(du)/dx = -2cotu

is separable:

(du)/cot u = -2dx

int (sinu)/cosu du = -2int dx

- int (d(cosu))/cosu = -2int dx

ln abs cos u = 2x +C

cosu = ce^(2x)

u = arccos (ce^(2x))

y = ux = xarccos (ce^(2x))

is the general solution.

For x=1 we must have y=0 and we can determine c from the resulting equation:

0 = arccos(c e^2)

so:

c e^2 = 1

c= 1/e^2

and then:

bary = xarccos (e^(2x)/e^2) = x arccos(e^(2(x-1)))

In fact:

u = y/x = arccos(e^(2(x-1)))

then:

cos u = e^(2(x-1))

ln cosu = 2(x-1)

and differentiating implicitly:

-sinu/cosu (du) /dx = 2

(du)/dx = -2 cotu