2.1.7 Problem 2 (i)

Internal problem ID [18485]
Book : Elementary Differential Equations. By R.L.E. Schwarzenberger. Chapman and Hall. London. First Edition (1969)
Section : Chapter 3. Solutions of first-order equations. Exercises at page 47
Problem number : 2 (i)
Date solved : Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 09:17:27 PM
CAS classification : [_quadrature]

Solve

\begin{align*} x^{\prime }&=x^{2}-3 x+2 \end{align*}

With initial conditions

\begin{align*} x \left (0\right )&=1 \end{align*}

Existence and uniqueness analysis

This is non linear first order ODE. In canonical form it is written as

\begin{align*} x^{\prime } &= f(t,x)\\ &= x^{2}-3 x +2 \end{align*}

The \(x\) domain of \(f(t,x)\) when \(t=0\) is

\[ \{-\infty <x <\infty \} \]

And the point \(x_0 = 1\) is inside this domain. Now we will look at the continuity of

\begin{align*} \frac {\partial f}{\partial x} &= \frac {\partial }{\partial x}\left (x^{2}-3 x +2\right ) \\ &= 2 x -3 \end{align*}

The \(x\) domain of \(\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}\) when \(t=0\) is

\[ \{-\infty <x <\infty \} \]

And the point \(x_0 = 1\) is inside this domain. Therefore solution exists and is unique.

Solved as first order autonomous ode

Time used: 0.089 (sec)

Since the ode has the form \(x^{\prime }=f(x)\) and initial conditions \(\left (t_0,x_0\right ) \) are given such that they satisfy the ode itself, then we can write

\begin{align*} 0 &= \left . f(x) \right |_{x=x_0}\\ 0 &= 0 \end{align*}

And the solution is immediately written as

\begin{align*}x&=x_0\\ x&=1 \end{align*}

Singular solutions are found by solving

\begin{align*} x^{2}-3 x +2&= 0 \end{align*}

for \(x\). This is because we had to divide by this in the above step. This gives the following singular solution(s), which also have to satisfy the given ODE.

\begin{align*} x = 1 \end{align*}

The following diagram is the phase line diagram. It classifies each of the above equilibrium points as stable or not stable or semi-stable.

Figure 2.1: Phase line diagram

Solution \(x = 1\)	Slope field \(x^{\prime } = x^{2}-3 x+2\)

Summary of solutions found

\begin{align*} x &= 1 \\ \end{align*}

Maple step by step solution

\[ \begin {array}{lll} & {} & \textrm {Let's solve}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \left [x^{\prime }=x^{2}-3 x+2, x \left (0\right )=1\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Highest derivative means the order of the ODE is}\hspace {3pt} 1 \\ {} & {} & x^{\prime } \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solve for the highest derivative}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & x^{\prime }=x^{2}-3 x+2 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Separate variables}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \frac {x^{\prime }}{x^{2}-3 x+2}=1 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Integrate both sides with respect to}\hspace {3pt} t \\ {} & {} & \int \frac {x^{\prime }}{x^{2}-3 x+2}d t =\int 1d t +\mathit {C1} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Evaluate integral}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \ln \left (x-2\right )-\ln \left (x-1\right )=t +\mathit {C1} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solve for}\hspace {3pt} x \\ {} & {} & x=\frac {-2+{\mathrm e}^{t +\mathit {C1}}}{{\mathrm e}^{t +\mathit {C1}}-1} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Use initial condition}\hspace {3pt} x \left (0\right )=1 \\ {} & {} & 1=\frac {-2+{\mathrm e}^{\mathit {C1}}}{{\mathrm e}^{\mathit {C1}}-1} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solve for}\hspace {3pt} \textit {\_C1} \\ {} & {} & \mathit {C1} =\left (\right ) \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solution does not satisfy initial condition}\hspace {3pt} \end {array} \]

Maple trace

`Methods for first order ODEs: 
--- Trying classification methods --- 
trying a quadrature 
trying 1st order linear 
trying Bernoulli 
trying separable 
<- separable successful`
 

Maple dsolve solution

Solving time : 0.003 (sec)
Leaf size : 5

dsolve([diff(x(t),t) = x(t)^2-3*x(t)+2,op([x(0) = 1])],x(t),singsol=all)
 

\[ x = 1 \]

✓Mathematica DSolve solution

Solving time : 0.001 (sec)
Leaf size : 6

DSolve[{D[x[t],t]==x[t]^2-3*x[t]+2,{x[0]==1}},x[t],t,IncludeSingularSolutions->True]
 

\[ x(t)\to 1 \]

✗Sympy solution

Solving time : 0.000 (sec)
Leaf size : 0

Python version: 3.13.1 (main, Dec  4 2024, 18:05:56) [GCC 14.2.1 20240910] 
Sympy version 1.13.3
 

from sympy import * 
t = symbols("t") 
x = Function("x") 
ode = Eq(-x(t)**2 + 3*x(t) + Derivative(x(t), t) - 2,0) 
ics = {x(0): 1} 
dsolve(ode,func=x(t),ics=ics)
 

ValueError : Couldnt solve for initial conditions