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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 105 3 a Solution by
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For and , define the characteristic curve byThe bounded derivative makes globally Lipschitz, uniformly in . On each finite time interval, , so Gronwall inequality prevents finite-time escape. The Picard-Lindelof theorem therefore gives a unique trajectory for every finite . Differentiation in givesso the characteristic flow map is a increasing diffeomorphism.
Along a characteristic, the chain rule changes the equation intoTracing backward by the flow therefore givesThe regularity of the flow makes this a classical solution. Conversely, every classical solution obeys the same ordinary differential equation along every characteristic, so the formula also proves uniqueness.
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