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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2009 Paper 1 18 b Solution by
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For an exact differential , equality of mixed partial derivatives requires . Here this givesOn an open two-dimensional domain the coefficient relation is , so on a connected interval avoiding zero. The normalization gives on the positive interval through . Integrating and checking yieldsThere is no smooth extension of this normalized integrating factor across ; an independently specified factor on is not fixed by data at one.
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