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Homogeneous Equations

Homogeneous equation:

Solution: define a new unknown

so replace y by xu. The equation for u(x) will be separable.

Note: Do not confuse this use of the word ``homogeneous'' for first order equations with the use of the same word for ``homogeneous'' for linear ODEs!

Note: To check exactness, you can replace x by tx and y by ty and see whether the ts cancel.


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