Concepts and Vocabulary
True or False The differential equation \(xy\,dx+\dfrac{ x^{2}}{2}dy=0\) is exact.
True or False The differential equation \(y\cos x\,dx-\sin x\,dy=0\) is exact.
True or False If \(\dfrac{\partial M}{\partial x}= \dfrac{\partial N}{\partial y},\) then \(M(x,y)\,dx+ N(x,y)\,dy=0\) is an exact differential equation.
If the differential equation \(M(x,y)\,dx+N(x,y)\,dy=0\) is not exact, but \(a( x,y) M(x,y)\,dx+a( x,y) N(x,y)\,dy=0\) is an exact differential equation, then the expression \(a( x,y) \) is called a(n) _____ _____.
Skill Building
In Problems 5–22:
\((4x-2y+5)\,dx+(2y-2x)\,dy=0\)
\((3x^{2}+3xy^{2})\,dx+(3x^{2}y-3y^{2}+2y)\,dy=0\)
\((a^{2}-2xy-y^{2})\,dx-(x+y)^{2}dy=0\), \(a\) is constant
\((2ax+by+g)\,dx+(2e^{y}+bx+h)\,dy=0\), \(a\), \(b\), \(g\), \(h\) are constants
\(\dfrac{1}{y}\,dx-\dfrac{x}{y^{2}}\,dy=0\)
\(\dfrac{y\,dx-x\,dy}{x^{2}}=0\)
\((x-1)^{-1}y\,dx+ [ \ln (2x-2)+y^{-1}]\,dy=0\)
\(2xy^{-1}dy+(2\;\ln (5y)+x^{-1})\,dx=0\)
\((x+3)^{-1}\cos y\,dx-[\sin y\ln (5x+15)-y-1]\,dy=0\)
\(p^{2}\sec ( 2\theta ) \tan ( 2\theta )\,d\theta +p [ \sec ( 2\theta ) +2]\,dp=0\)
\(\cos (x+y^{2})\,dx+2y\cos (x+y^{2})\,dy=0\)
\([ \sin ( 2\theta ) -2p\cos ( 2\theta ) ]\,dp+ [ 2p\cos ( 2\theta ) +2p^{2}\sin ( 2\theta ) ]\,d\theta =0\)
\(e^{2x}(dy+2y\,dx)=x^{2}dx\)
\(e^{x^{2}}(dy+2xy\,dx)=3x^{2}dx\)
\(\left[ \dfrac{1}{x+y}+y^{2}\right]\;dx+\left[ \dfrac{1}{x+y} +2xy\right]\;dy=0\)
\(\dfrac{y^{2}-2x^{2}}{xy^{2}-x^{3}}\,dx+ \dfrac{2y^{2}-x^{2}}{y^{3}-x^{2}y}\,dy=0\)
\(2y^{3}\sin ( 2x)\,dx-3y^{2}\cos ( 2x)\,dy=0\)
\(\dfrac{3y^{2}}{x^{2}+3x}\,dx+\left( 2y\ln \dfrac{5x}{x+3}+3\sin y\right)\;dy=0\)
In Problems 23–26, each differential equation is exact. Find the particular solution that satisfies the given boundary condition.
\((1+y^{2}+xy^{2})\,dx+(x^{2}y+y+2xy)\,dy=0\); \(y(1)=1\)
\((3x^{2}y^{-1}+2x)\,dx+(y^{2}-x^{3}y^{-2})\,dy=0\); \(y(3)=3\)
\((2xy-\sin x)\,dx=(2y-x^{2})\,dy\); \(y(0)=1\)
\(y[y+\sin x]\,dx-\left[ \cos x-2xy+\dfrac{1}{1+y^{2}}\right]\;dy=0\); \(y(0)=1\)
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Applications and Extensions
Integrating Factors Suppose the equation \(M(x,y)\,dx+N(x,y)\,dy=0\) has the property that \(\dfrac{\dfrac{\partial N}{\partial x}-\dfrac{\partial M}{\partial y}}{M }\) is a function of \(y\) only. If \[\begin{equation*} u(y)=e^{\Big[ \int \frac{\frac{\partial N}{\partial x}-\frac{\partial M}{ \partial y}}{M}\,dy\Big] }=\exp \left[ \int \frac{\dfrac{\partial N}{ \partial x}-\dfrac{\partial M}{\partial y}}{M}\,dy\right] \end{equation*}\]
show that \(u(y)\left[ M(x,y)\,dx+N(x,y)\,dy\right] =0\) is an exact differential equation.
Integrating Factors Suppose the equation \(M(x,y)\,dx+N(x,y)\,dy=0\) has the property that \(\dfrac{\dfrac{\partial M}{\partial y}-\dfrac{\partial N}{\partial x}}{N }\) is a function of \(x\) only. If \[\begin{equation*} u(x)=e^{\Big[ \int \frac{\frac{\partial M}{\partial y}-\frac{\partial N}{ \partial x}}{N}\,dx\Big] }=\exp \left[ \int \frac{\dfrac{\partial M}{\partial y}-\dfrac{\partial N}{ \partial x}}{N}\,dx\right] \end{equation*}\]
show that \(u(x)[M(x,y)\,dx+N(x,y)\,dy]=0\) is an exact differential equation.
In Problems 29–33,
\(( 4x^{2}+y^{2}+1)\,dx+(x^{2}-2xy)\,dy=0\)
\(4x^{2}y\,dx+(x^{3}+y)\,dy=0\)
\(y\,dx+(x^{2}y-x)\,dy=0\)
\((\cos y+x)\,dx+x\sin ydy=0\)
\((x^{2}-x\sin y)\,dx+x^{2}\cos y\,dy=0\)
Challenge Problem
Measuring the Effect of Pollution A crash in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in an oil spill at the point \(A\) shown in the figure below. Several months after the spill, measurements are taken to determine whether the oil is still affecting the marine environment of the Gulf. The contour curves shown in the figure are curves of constant oil concentration. These curves are modeled by the differential equation \[\begin{equation*} \dfrac{2\dfrac{\beta -y}{100}-2\cos \dfrac{\beta -y}{100}}{2\dfrac{\alpha -x }{100}+4\cos \dfrac{\alpha -x}{100}^{{}}}y^{\prime} ( x) =1 \end{equation*}\]
where \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are specified constants.