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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2021 Paper 1 13 b Solution by
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First retain the equilibrium solution . Any nonzero real solution has constant sign on its interval of existence, since the polynomial right-hand side is locally Lipschitz and Picard-Lindelöf theorem prevents crossing the zero solution.
For a nonzero solution, the Bernoulli differential equation substitution givesThis linear ordinary differential equation has solution . Therefore every nonzero real solution isEither sign may be chosen and remains fixed. The restriction ensures ; nonpositive gives no nonzero real solution. These are maximal real intervals, and their restrictions are also solutions. As the right endpoint is approached, diverges in finite-time blowup. The substitution would have lost if it had not been checked separately.
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