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Past exam of the mathematical methods I course of the University of Oxford 2014 9 c Solution by
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Put , so . On an interval with , the resulting first-order linear differential equation is . Its integrating factor gives , henceFor real differentiable graphs one needs and , with either fixed sign on a connected interval. The points are outside the original equation's domain. At , would make the left side zero while the right side is , so those endpoints are also excluded. The identically zero function is not an additional solution.
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