Endpoint obstruction in a homogeneous differential equation

ID: endpoint-obstruction-in-a-homogeneous-differential-equation

For on a domain where the tangent is finite, put . The homogeneous first-order differential equation becomes . Direct differentiation gives , hence , without dividing by and losing constant-ratio solutions. If and as , two branches are and , defined for . They approach the same finite endpoint but have unbounded derivatives. The original tangent is undefined at the endpoint, so neither is a classical solution through that point. An implicit relation extending continuously to an initial point does not by itself solve an initial value problem there.

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