Solutions to First Order ODE’s 1. Equations
ocw.mit.edu › courses › mathematicsSolutions to Linear First Order ODE’s OCW 18.03SC • Rename ec 1 as C: |x| = Ce− p( t)d; C > 0. • Drop the absolute value and recover the lost solution x(t) = 0: This gives the general solution to (2) x(t) = Ce− p(t)dt where C = any value. (3) A useful notation is to choose one speciο¬c solution to equation (2) and call it x h(t). Then the solution (3) shows the general solution to the equation