Question: The differential equation dy/dx = P(x) + Q(x)y + R(x)y 2 is known as Riccatis equation. (a) A Riccati equation can be solved by a

The differential equation dy/dx = P(x) + Q(x)y + R(x)y2 is known as Riccati’s equation.

(a) A Riccati equation can be solved by a succession of two substitutions provided that we know a particular solution y1 of the equation. Show that the substitution y = y1 + u reduces Riccati’s equation to a Bernoulli equation (4) with n = 2. The Bernoulli equation can then be reduced to a linear equation by the substitution w = u-1.

(b) Find a one-parameter family of solutions for the differential equation

dy/dx = -4/x2 – 1/x y + y2

where y1 = 2yx is a known solution of the equation.

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