[_quadrature]
Book solution method
Separable ODE, Independent variable missing
Mathematica ✓
cpu = 0.0654202 (sec), leaf count = 25
Maple ✓
cpu = 0.008 (sec), leaf count = 21
DSolve[y'[x] == a*f[y[x]],y[x],x]
Mathematica raw output
{{y[x] -> InverseFunction[Integrate[f[K[1]]^(-1), {K[1], 1, #1}] & ][a*x + C[1]]
}}
Maple raw input
dsolve(diff(y(x),x) = a*f(y(x)), y(x),'implicit')
Maple raw output
x-Intat(1/a/f(_a),_a = y(x))+_C1 = 0