Problem 39
Easy Families of Curves

Find the general integral of the homogeneous equation…

Find the general integral of the homogeneous equation $y'=e^{x/y}+\dfrac{x}{y}$.

Explanation of Method

The right side depends only on $x/y$, hence also only on $t=y/x$ (since $x/y=1/t$), so the equation is homogeneous. The standard substitution $y=tx$ reduces it to a separable equation whose integral is non-elementary and must be left implicit.

Step 1: Substitute $y=tx$

With $t=y/x$, so $x/y=1/t$, the equation reads $y'=e^{1/t}+1/t$. Since $y=tx$ gives $y'=t+xt'$,

\[t+x\frac{dt}{dx}=e^{1/t}+\frac1t \quad\Longrightarrow\quad x\frac{dt}{dx}=e^{1/t}+\frac1t-t.\]

Step 2: Separate variables

\[\frac{dt}{\,e^{1/t}+\dfrac1t-t\,}=\frac{dx}{x}.\]

Step 3: Integrate

The left-hand integral has no elementary antiderivative, so the general integral is left implicit:

\[\boxed{\,\int\frac{dt}{e^{1/t}+\frac1t-t}=\ln|x|+C,\qquad t=\frac{y}{x}.}\]


Result

Final answer:

\[\boxed{\,\int\frac{dt}{e^{1/t}+\tfrac1t-t}=\ln|x|+C,\qquad t=\dfrac{y}{x}}\]

(no elementary closed form exists).