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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2001 Paper 2 1 b Solution by
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Recognize the left-hand side as a product rule derivative, and use :At , both and equal , so . ThereforeDividing by first obtains this solution on , the interval containing the initial condition. The explicit expression is smooth on the entire real line and satisfies the original, undivided differential equation even where .
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