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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 74 3 b Solution by
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At fixed positive the leading outer expansion satisfies . Integrating and imposing the value at one yieldsIt diverges negatively at zero, and the neglected nonlinear shift in the derivative coefficient becomes important when . Thus the relevant logarithmically enhanced nonlinear boundary layer is larger than a plain layer. Write , andFor fixed , the leading inner equation is . Matching to the outer logarithm, for which , sets the integration constant and givesIn particular the exact equation at zero is , so
An implicit inner form also checks the matching constants. With , retain without assigning it a bounded size. The leading equation is . Inverting it gives , henceIts large- match to fixes . Taking that matched leading value at zero giveswhere is the positive real branch of the Lambert W function. Its large-argument expansion reproduces the logarithm and log-log terms above. This refinement is a matched approximation, not an exact solution of the full equation; the leading slope conclusion follows directly from the first inner scaling and the exact endpoint identity.
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