Solution

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Recognize the left-hand side as a product rule derivative, and use :
At , both and equal , so . Therefore
Dividing 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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