Question 5: Solutions to Differential Equations

Enter Wolfram Language code to compute the solution of this differential equation:

y ′ ⁡ ( x ) = 6 ⁢ x

Make sure your code returns only the solution sol , where y ⁡ ( x ) = sol.

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Possible answers include:

  • DSolveValue⁡[ y ′ ⁡[x]== 6 ⁢ x , y⁡[x], x]
  • First⁡[y⁡[x]/.  DSolve⁡[ y ′ ⁡[x]== 6 ⁢ x , y⁡[x], x]]
  • Integrate⁡[ 6 ⁢ x , x, GeneratedParameters → C ]
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Wolfram Language is extremely flexible, and there are many ways to compute the solution for y ′ ⁡ ( x ) = 6 ⁢ x .

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Use the DSolveValue function to compute solutions to ordinary differential equations.

For the given differential equation, the corresponding code is:

DSolveValue[y'[x]== 6 ⁢ x , y[x], x]

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The DSolve function can also be used to compute solutions to differential equations. Unlike DSolveValue , it returns the solution as a list of rules of the form y ⁡ ( x ) → sol . Therefore, a replacement rule needs to be applied before extracting the expression for the solution. The replacement rule can be done with ReplaceAll (/. ). Then, extract the solution with First , Part , Extract or any other equivalent function.

For the given differential equation, the corresponding Wolfram Language code is:

First[y[x]/. DSolve[y'[x]== 6 ⁢ x , y[x], x]]

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The Integrate function can also be used to solve a simple differential equation like this one. However, the GeneratedParameters option must be included to ensure that the constant of integration is represented in the solution.

For the given differential equation, the corresponding Wolfram Language code is:

Integrate⁡[ 6 ⁢ x , x, GeneratedParameters → C ]

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All of these approaches compute the solution of y ′ ⁡ ( x ) = 6 ⁢ x . However, keep in mind that there are many other ways to achieve the same result.