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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2015 Prelims Mathematics III 2 c Solution by
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Using the first partial derivatives from part (b),Also . Therefore the first partial differential equation becomesFor the second partial differential equation, the same chain rule givesAway from the origin, cancellation yields . Treating as fixed, an integrating factor gives . Thuswhere is an arbitrary sufficiently differentiable function. This is the local general solution, and the global form when is defined on the whole plane. If and its first partial derivatives are continuous at the origin, the reduced partial differential equation also holds there by continuity.
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