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$\frac{\text {d}y}{\text {d}x} = e^y$ general solution $y = -\ln(-x+C)$ or $y = -\ln|-x+C|$?
Is the general solution for $\frac{\text {d}y}{\text {d}x} = e^y$
$$y = -\ln(-x+C)$$
or
$$y = -\ln|-x+C|$$
or something else?
Here are the steps I'm taking:
$$\begin{align} \frac{\text {d}y}{\text {d}...
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Solve the differential equation that define exp(x)
In the wikipedia page for the exponential function in the "formal definition" section I found this statement:
Solving the ordinary differential equation $y'(x)=y(x)$ with the
[initial ...
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Implicit function equation $f(x) + \log(f(x)) = x$
Is there a function $f \colon \mathbb{R}_{>0} \to \mathbb{R}_{>0}$ such that
$$
f(x) + \log(f(x)) = x
$$
for all $x \in \mathbb{R}_{>0}$?
I have tried rewriting it as a differential equation ...
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$f(x) = \sum_{j=1}^{4}c_{j}e^{r_{j}x} \quad \text{and} \quad g(x) = \sum_{j=1}^{4}d_{j}e^{s_{j}x}$. How to determine $c_{j},d_{j}$?
Let $\alpha_{i},\beta_{i} \in \mathbb{C}$, $\forall i= 1,2$ and $0 < a < b < \infty$.
\begin{align}
&f^{\prime \prime} + \alpha_{1} f = \alpha_{2} g^{\prime} \quad \text{in} \quad [a,b] \\...
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Is there a solution for this non-linear ODE involving exponentials?
There is an non-linear ODE that pops out of the equations a lot when trying to solve the linear case of some second order ODE's.
The equation is this:
$$\ddot{y}+\dot{y}^2=y^2$$
It's easy to see that, ...
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Proving my IVP for a Piecewise Decay Function (Diff Eq)
Setup
So... I kinda handled most of my proof but I need help with some of the stuff I just kinda went with until it worked out. The problem relates to medicine and its decay in the body. We are given ...
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Find $f(x)$ : $ f'(x) = f(x)^2 + f^{-1}(x) + \int_{x}^{-\infty} \frac{e^t}{t} \, dt $
\begin{align}
f'(x) &= f(x)^2 + f^{-1}(x) + \int_{x}^{-\infty} \frac{e^t}{t} \, dt
\end{align}
How to find $f(x)$
What i do so far
\begin{align} f'(x) &= f(x)^2 + f^{-1}(x) + \int_{x}^{-\infty}...
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Trouble getting the same answer as the textbook (separable first order differential equation)
I was trying to resolve the following differential equation:
$$ y'=e^x(y+1)^2$$
where $y = y(x)$
and I start to resolve it using the following steps:
first we find the solution for when $(y+1)^2=0$ ...
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Second Order ODE and integral of exponential divided by a polynomial
My original question was
Solve $$x^2y'' + 2y' - 2y = 0$$
First I noticed that $x^2+2x+2$ is a solution. Using order reduction, doing $y = v(x)(x^2+2x+2)$, I found that $$\int\frac{e^{2/x}}{(x^2+2x+2)...
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How to calculate the convolution product of $(H_0 e^{\alpha t}) * (H_0 e^{-\alpha t})$?
everyone!
I am doing an exercise concerning the resolution of differential eaqtion in the sense of distributions.
Let $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}_+^*$. Let be the differential equation, for $f \in \mathrm{...
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How to prove exponential functional identity knowing that it is a solution to a first order ODE and knowing its Taylor expansion
Establish the identity
$$E(ax)E(bx) = E[(a+b)x]$$
knowing that
$y = E(px)$ satisfies $y' - py = 0$ and
$E(px) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(px)^n}{n!}$
An additional hint the textbook gives ; "...
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Simplifying an arbitrary constant.
Could someone explain me this simplification?
I cannot understand exact reason why $c_1$ is before $\exp$ function without being in another one.
Screenshot presents end of solution of this ...
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Guess the particular solution to an exponential function`?
Solve this differential equation $y''+2y'+y = e^{-t}$.
I got the homogenous solution to be
$y_h= (Bt + C)e^{-t}$
But I don't know what my guess to the particular function should be?
$Ae^{-t}$ ...
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Finding suitable $x:[-T,T]\to\mathbb{R}^n, A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ such that $x'(t) = Ax(t)$ when $\frac{d^2}{dt^2}B(t)=B(t)$
Suppose that $\frac{d^2}{dt^2}B(t) = B(t)$ for some matrix $B$ when $t\in [-T, T], T > 0$. I am tasked to determine suitable $x:[-T,T]\to\mathbb{R}^n, A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ such that $x'(t) = ...
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Solutions for $f'=\lambda f$
I am trying to figure out the following problem: Show that $f'=\lambda f$ for a real constant $\lambda$ has only $ce^{\lambda x}$ solutions.
My work: We take a look at $g(x)=f(x)\exp(\lambda x)$. We ...
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Tan of sum using differential equations
Define $S(x)$ and $C(x)$ as exponential functions, and $T(x) = S(x)/C(x)$. We want to derive the formula for $T(x+y)$, but the exercise I'm working on suggests setting up a differential equation $g(T(...
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Recommendations about the exponential function
I am studying differential equations and I am very surprised by how omnipresent the exponential function is. It pops up everywhere, but there isn't usually a lot of detail provided in introductory ...
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Solving $\frac{dN}{dt} = rN$ (population growth equation) question about using integration to solve simple separable differential equation
I covered differential equations a long time ago and so was confused when my Population Ecology textbook displayed the following "proof" to solve $\frac{dN}{dt} = rN$ for $N$.
My (probably ...
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The exponential term in a differential equation
Given the differential equation
$P = \frac{L}{De^{-mt} + 1}$,
an intial population of 1000, $L = 10000$ and $m = 0.003$, find the number of years it will take for the population to triple.
To solve ...
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Family of straight lines tangent to $e^x$
I just started to learn about Differential equations, I've been reading about families of curves, but I I just got stuck with this problem. I have been Trying to solve it, I have come to find the line ...
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Don't understand how a power of e ends up as a factor in from of e
I have a very basic issue that I can't seem to wrap my head around: I am trying to solve the membrane equation
$$\tau \frac{dV(t)}{dt} = -V(t) + E(t)$$
With a time constant $\tau$, the voltage $V(t)$ ...
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Exponential growth of a cow farm with constraints in Minecraft
This question is distinct from Exponential growth of cow populations in Minecraft in that an important constraint present in Minecraft is missing from that post. Here are the following constraints:
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How can I handle$~\exp(\ln|x|)~$to solve 1st order linear DE?
RHS and LHS are same.
$$\exp\left(\ln\left(x\right)\right)=\exp\left(\ln\left(x\right)\right)\tag{1}$$
Taking log.
$$\ln\left(\exp\left(\ln\left(x\right)\right)\right)=\ln\left(\exp\left(\ln\left(x\...
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if $\dfrac{d\phi}{dx} \leq k \phi$, $\phi(0) = 0$ then $\phi(x) \equiv 0$.
I need a hint (not a full solution, please) on how to prove the following result:
Prove that if $\left\{ \begin{array}{l} \dfrac{d \phi}{dx} \leq k \cdot \phi\\
\phi(0)=0\end{array}\right., k>0$, ...
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Alternative argument to show that function diverges everywhere
Consider the function:
$$f(x) = x^{\frac{1}{2}} + \frac{1}{2}x^{-\frac{1}{2}} +\frac{2}{3}x^{\frac{3}{2}} - \frac{1}{4}x^{-\frac{3}{2}} +\frac{1}{15}x^{\frac{5}{2}} + \cdots$$
which is constructed ...
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Intuitively, why does growth proportional to the population size not diverge but growth proportional to pairs diverges to infinity in finite time?
It's interesting that growth which is proportional to the current population doesn't diverge to infinity, while growth that is proportional to higher powers of the current population.
That is, the ...
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Simplification of series (A good approximation will also work)
I have solved a system of linear ODEs and obtained a solution of the form
$
y_{ij}(t)=\sqrt{\frac{\gamma^{i(i-1)}}{\gamma^{j(j-1)}}}(\frac{-2\epsilon}{\alpha})^{i-j} \sum_{h=j}^i\frac{e^{-\frac{\alpha ...
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Radio active decay formula is not growth formula, $p = p_0 * e^{kt}$, what is the formula for radio active decay, and why?
Trying to solve this question:
A radioactive material is known to decay at a yearly rate proportional to the amount at each moment. There were 2000 grams of the material 10 years ago. There are 1990 ...
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Exponential populations that depend upon each other
I have a question about how to solve an exponential problem that involves two populations, each which depends on the other.
For example, let's say we have an initial population of $h$ humans that ...
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Why does this data not line up with the differential equation that's supposed to model it?
Sorry for the bad title, I wasn't sure how to ask this specific question.
So for a (extra credit) homework assignment, I wrote a python program for my differential equations class that should model ...
