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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2017 Paper 1 12 b iii Solution by
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The nonzero factor can be cancelled in the local differential equation, leaving . On an interval with ,Hence the explicit general solution ison any interval that avoids the excluded origin. It also follows from fixing the local angle potential, with slope . As parameterized curves there are also vertical rays , which cannot be represented as single-valued functions . Geometrically the connected integral curves are rays, not lines continued through the undefined origin.
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