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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2015 Paper 2 16 a ii Solution by
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Here and . Their derivatives giveThus on intervals with , choose the integrating factor . The multiplied form isConsequentlyThis implicit family includes and the branch when . Where the coefficient of is nonzero, its differentiated form directly recovers the original equation. A useful equivalent relation is . At , the original equation requires ; continuation there must be checked in that original equation rather than justified by the singular integrating factor. In particular the zero solution extends everywhere, and extends smoothly across the cosine zeros where it is defined.
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