Exercises — Separable ODEs — technique, implicit solutions
4.6.3 · D4· Maths › Ordinary Differential Equations › Separable ODEs — technique, implicit solutions
Level 1 — Recognition
Goal: decide karo "kya yeh separable hai?" aur agar hai, toh aur ka naam batao — bas itna hi.
Exercise 1.1. Har ek ke liye batao separable hai ya nahi. Agar separable hai, toh aur likho.
- (a)
- (b)
- (c)
- (d)
Recall Solution 1.1
- (a) Separable. . RHS ek pure- piece aur ek pure- piece ka product hai.
- (b) NOT separable. Ek sum ko (function of )(function of ) ke roop mein nahi likha ja sakta. Ek subtraction ko factor nahi kiya ja sakta.
- (c) Separable. .
- (d) Separable. Exponent ek sum hai, aur exponent mein sum ek product mein split ho jaata hai: . Toh .
Exercise 1.2. mein, ke har woh value ki list banao jahan hota hai. Yahi candidate equilibrium solutions hain.
Recall Solution 1.2
Yahan aur hai. set karo: ya toh ya . Toh constant functions aur equilibrium solutions hain — jis waqt hum se divide karenge, yeh mita diye jaayenge, isliye inhe abhi record karte hain.
Level 2 — Application
Goal: saaf problems par Separate → Integrate → Single constant ka recipe chalao.
Exercise 2.1. solve karo (general solution).
Recall Solution 2.1
Pehle lost solutions check karo. Yahan hai. Koi nahi hai jahan ho (kyunki kabhi zero nahi hoti), aur RHS ko undefined banata hai — toh ek solution nahi hai aur solution curves -axis ko kabhi touch nahi karti. Yeh hum isliye note karte hain kyunki se multiply karna (agli step) warna koi potential constant solution ko silently swallow kar leta. Separate (dono sides ko se multiply karo, matlab saare left mein, saare right mein): Integrate dono sides ko. Har side apna constant laata hai, lekin hum unhe right side par ek single arbitrary constant mein ikatha kar lete hain: Single constant: ek dono ko absorb karta hai. 2 se multiply karo; kyunki abhi bhi bas "koi unknown constant" hai, rename karo (ek fresh arbitrary constant): Ise implicit hi rehne dena sabse clean hai; ke liye solve karne par aayega (aur sign ka starting point par sign se determine hoga, kyunki curves cross nahi kar sakti).
Exercise 2.2. solve karo, aur batao wala solution kahaan valid hai.
Recall Solution 2.2
Separate: se divide karo (kabhi zero nahi, toh koi lost solution nahi): Integrate. Left side par kyun? Kyunki — yahi woh integral hai jiska answer arctan hai. Single arbitrary constant right side par rakhte hain: ke liye solve karo (arctan har jagah invertible hai): Yeh valid kahaan hai? tab blow up karta hai jab uska argument ko hit kare. Toh solution sirf tab exist karta hai jab Initial condition ke liye: , jo deta hai. Kyunki saare real ke liye hai, argument kabhi tak nahi pahunchta, aur yeh particular solution poore par defined hai. (Kisi bade ke liye, jaise , argument ka se zyada ho sakta hai aur solution phir sirf un -intervals par rehta hai jahan ho.)
Exercise 2.3. solve karo, aur ke liye validity ka interval batao.
Recall Solution 2.3
Exponent split karo: , toh . Separate: se divide karo = se multiply karo: Integrate. exactly kyun deta hai? Kyunki woh ek function hai jo apna khud ka derivative hai: , toh yeh apna khud ka antiderivative bhi hai. Isi tarah . Har integral ek constant laata, lekin — hamesha ki tarah — hum dono ko ek single arbitrary constant mein merge karte hain aur use sirf right side par rakhte hain: Toh dono integration constants ek dikhaye gaye mein collapse ho jaate hain. ke liye solve karo: dono sides ka log lo: Explicit domain. Log sirf positive argument ke liye defined hai, toh chahiye , matlab .
- Agar : automatically, toh solution saare ke liye defined hai.
- Agar : chahiye . Solution sirf par rehta hai, par ki taraf blow down karta hua.
- ke liye: , jo deta hai. Kyunki , yeh poore par valid hai. (Sach mein trivially check karta hai: .)
Level 3 — Analysis
Goal: initial values, partial fractions, absolute-value care, aur lost solutions dhundhna.
Exercise 3.1 (IVP). ko ke saath solve karo, phir batao solution kahaan defined hai.
Recall Solution 3.1
Separate & integrate: , jahan integration ka single arbitrary constant hai. Exponentiate: , toh jahan (ek naya nonzero arbitrary constant, ke roop mein defined). hi woh cheez hai jo ko sign absorb karne deta hai. Apply : , toh : Domain: saare real ke liye finite aur positive hai, toh solution par defined hai.
Neeche figure mein horizontal axis hai aur vertical axis ; blue curve solution hai. Yellow dot initial point mark karta hai jahan curve se gujarti hai; notice karo ki ke liye curve kitni flat hai ( ki taraf decay karti hai lekin kabhi pahunchti nahi) aur red arrow highlight karta hai ki ke baad explosion kaise hota hai, faster-than-exponential rise (exponent khud cube ki tarah badhta hai).

Exercise 3.2 (partial fractions). ko ke saath solve karo. Equilibria bhi report karo.
Recall Solution 3.2
Pehle equilibria (1.2 se): aur . Separate: . Partial fractions. Kyun? Taaki har piece ek log mein integrate ho. Likho: (Yahan decomposition constants hain, integration constants nahi — inhe algebra fix karta hai, initial data nahi.) Clear karo: . par: . par: . Toh . Integrate (right side par ek arbitrary constant ): clear karo har term ko se multiply karke: Ab abhi bhi bas "koi unknown constant" hai, toh use rename karo — ek fresh arbitrary constant. Dono logs ko se combine karo: ke liye solve karo: dono sides exponentiate karo, ; fold karo (ek aur renamed arbitrary constant) modulus drop ho jaata hai: Cross-multiply aur isolate karo: Apply : . Sanity check limit: par, (upper equilibrium approach karta hai); par, .
Neeche figure mein horizontal axis hai aur vertical axis ; green curve hamara solution hai. Yellow dashed line par aur red dashed line par dono equilibrium solutions hain: green curve blue dot se start hoti hai, un dono flat lines ke beech squeezed hai, S-shape mein rise karti hai, aur ke just neeche level off ho jaati hai — visually dikhata hai ki aur ek "floor" aur "ceiling" ki tarah act karte hain jinhe solution approach kar sakta hai lekin kabhi cross nahi kar sakta.

Exercise 3.3 (lost solution hunt). solve karo aur saare solutions do.
Recall Solution 3.3
Equilibrium: ek solution hai (iska slope hai). Use record karo. Generic curves: se divide karo: jahan integration ka single arbitrary constant hai. Exponentiate karo: (jahan , ek naya nonzero arbitrary constant): Note karo wapis deta hai, toh hum kisi bhi real ki allow kar sakte hain aur ek hi formula sab cover karta hai — lekin sirf isliye kyunki humne consciously check kiya.
Level 4 — Synthesis
Goal: separation ko algebra, substitution-flavoured setups, aur interval-of-validity reasoning ke saath combine karo.
Exercise 4.1 (blow-up / interval of validity). , solve karo. Solution kahaan exist karta hai?
Recall Solution 4.1
Equilibrium: ek solution hai ( fit nahi hoga, lekin record karo). Separate: , jahan integration ka arbitrary constant hai. Apply : . Toh . Interval of validity: denominator at , jahan (finite-time blow-up!). se gujarne wala solution sirf par rehta hai — woh sabse bada interval jo contain kare aur singularity se bache. Yahi classic lesson hai: ek bilkul smooth dikhne wala ODE ek aisa solution produce kar sakta hai jo finite mein infinity tak escape kar jaata hai.
Exercise 4.2 (rewrite then separate). () solve karo.
Recall Solution 4.2
Separable form mein laao. RHS factor karo: . se divide karo: Ab aur — separable! Equilibrium: . Separate & integrate (single arbitrary constant ): ke liye solve karo: exponentiate karo, , aur kyunki (toh ), fold karo:
Exercise 4.3 (implicit, no isolation). solve karo aur implicitly verify karo. Batao ki ek given solution ki kiis side par rehta hai.
Recall Solution 4.3
Us singularity ka dhyan rakho jisse tum divide karne wale ho. RHS undefined hai jab , matlab . Wahaan slope infinite hoga (ek vertical tangent), toh ek genuine solution curve ko sirf ek isolated point par touch kar sakta hai jahan vertical tangent ho, aur ke function ke roop mein kabhi cross nahi kar sakta. Domain ke liye yeh yaad rakho. Separate: . Integrate (single arbitrary constant ): . Kyun rokein? isolate karne ke liye quadratic formula chahiye jisme sign ambiguity hai — implicit form honest general solution hai. Square complete karne par, , toh Kaun sa sign / kahaan valid? Initial condition sign pick karti hai: agar toh "" lo (poora branch ke upar rehta hai); agar toh "" lo (neeche rehta hai). Solution sirf wahaan exist karta hai jahan radicand ho; jis point par yeh hit kare wahan curve tak pahunche vertical tangent ke saath aur function-solution stop ho jaaye. Toh interval of validity woh -interval hai (jisme ho) jis par ho. Verify implicit differentiation se: ✓
Level 5 — Mastery
Goal: sab ek saath — equilibria, do distinct linear factors wale partial fractions, sign/case analysis, aur explicit domain ke saath full solution.
Exercise 5.1 (sign ke saare cases). solve karo aur har solution curve describe karo, ke saare signs cover karte hue.
Recall Solution 5.1
Usual sense mein koi equilibrium nahi, lekin note karo ki RHS ko undefined banata hai — solutions -axis cross nahi karte. Separate: . Integrate (single arbitrary constant): . se multiply karo aur rename karo (ek fresh arbitrary constant): Yeh hyperbolas hain (ya unka degenerate limit). Hume ke teeno signs handle karne hain, aur har mein ka sign bhi:
Case . Tab , toh kabhi zero nahi. Solve karne par, — do alag branches:
- upper branch poori tarah mein rehti hai;
- lower branch poori tarah mein rehti hai. Ek solution us branch par rehta hai jo ke sign se match kare ( cross nahi ho sakta). Dono branches saare ke liye defined hain (radicand hamesha positive hai).
Case . Ab ko chahiye , matlab . Hyperbola left/right open hai: do pieces, ek par aur ek par, beech mein ek gap jahan koi real exist nahi karta. Phir bhi , aur ka sign upper () ya lower () select karta hai. Har solution sirf apne -interval par (do arms mein se ek) defined hai, aur endpoint par curve tak vertical tangent ke saath pahunchti hai, toh ke function ke roop mein wahan rok jaati hai.
Case (degenerate). Tab — do straight asymptote lines. Kyunki solutions origin se nahi guzar sakte (RHS par undefined), har ek sirf ya par valid hai, jo char half-line solutions deta hai: , , , . ka sign aur ka sign milke decide karte hain ki tum kis half-line par ho.
" ke saare signs" ka summary: ka sign har case mein upper (+) ya lower (−) branch decide karta hai; value shape decide karti hai (agar toh up/down open, toh left/right open, toh degenerate lines); aur koi bhi solution kabhi cross nahi karta.
Teeno cases neeche ek saath draw hain.

Exercise 5.2 (partial fractions mein do distinct linear factors + IVP + explicit domain). , solve karo, aur validity ka explicit interval batao.
Recall Solution 5.2
Equilibrium: ( meet nahi karega, lekin note karo). Separate: . Right side par partial fractions. Denominator ke do distinct linear factors hain, toh har factor ke liye ek term mein split karo: Integrate (single arbitrary constant ): Apply : LHS ; RHS . Toh . Toh . ke liye solve karo: Start point ke aas paas explicit interval of validity. Teen cheezein hold karni chahiye:
- ODE ki khud ki singularities aur se door raho (jahan ho). Kyunki , hame chahiye , jo par ya uske baayein sab kuch rule out karta hai.
- Log ka argument positive rakho: ke liye automatically, toh yahan koi extra constraint nahi.
- ke denominator ko nonzero rakho: . Solve karne par: . Yeh root negative hai, isliye hamari region mein nahi, toh ke liye denominator kabhi vanish nahi karta.
Combine karne par, woh sabse bada interval jo contain kare aur jis par saari conditions hold karein: Important baat yeh method hai: two-distinct-factor partial fractions ne ko untangle kiya, phir singularity-plus-denominator analysis ne explicit interval pin kiya.
Recall checkpoints
Recall Fast triage:
, , , mein se kaun separable hain? ✓ aur ✓ separable hain; bare sums aur nahi hain (exponent ke bahar aur ke beech hona factoring ko block karta hai).
Recall Solve karne ke baad, "existence" ke kaun se do sawaal hamesha poochne chahiye?
(1) Kya se divide karne par koi equilibrium jahan delete to nahi ho gayi? (2) Interval of validity kya hai — denominator kahaan vanish karta hai, log non-positive kab hota hai, ya solution blow up kab karta hai?
Recall Is page par letter
(ya , ) kya represent karta hai? Ek arbitrary constant of integration — ek abhi-tak-unknown fixed number jo isliye appear hota hai kyunki antiderivatives sirf ek constant tak determined hote hain. Ise reshape karna (multiply karna, exponentiate karna) sirf use rename karta hai; ek first-order ODE ke liye hamesha exactly ek aisa constant hota hai, jo ek initial condition se pin hota hai.
Connections
- Separable ODEs — technique, implicit solutions (parent)
- First-Order ODEs — Overview
- Partial Fractions (Exercises 3.2, 5.2)
- Initial Value Problems (3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.2)
- The Logistic Equation (3.2 ek scaled logistic hai)
- Substitution Method — Homogeneous ODEs (4.2 separable form mein rewrite karta hai)
- Exact ODEs (4.3, 5.1 ke implicit solutions yahan generalize hote hain)
- Integrating Factor & Linear ODEs (jab separate na ho tab yahan jaao)