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Re: Mathematica forgets a solution in DSolve!!!

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  • Subject: [mg78720] Re: Mathematica forgets a solution in DSolve!!!
  • From: "Dr. Wolfgang Hintze" <weh at snafu.de>
  • Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 06:13:08 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <f6kqt1$kcb$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: "Dr. Wolfgang Hintze" <weh at snafu.de>

"Nope" <bernardo.rimanno at email.it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:f6kqt1$kcb$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Hi, I just tried to solve a differential equation by writing down 
> this code:
>
> DSolve[y'[x]^2 - y'[x]*x + y[x] == 0, y[x], x]
>
> Mathematica then tells me:
>
> {{y[x] -> x C[1] - C[1]^2}}
>
> but I noticed that y = x^2/4 is a solution too!!!
>
> Is it a Mathematica bug?
>
> Please answer me if you know something about this problem.
>
> Thanks :)
>
Hi,
I can confirm the problem in Mathematica 5.2
Ragards,
Wolfgang 



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