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Polynomial solutions for first order ODEs with constant coefficients

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Most work on finding elementary function solutions for differential equations focussed on linear equations [4, 2, 6, 1, 3]. In this paper, we try to find polynomial solutions to non-linear differential equations. Instead of finding arbitrary polynomial solutions, we will find the polynomial general solutions. For example, the general solution for (dy/dx)2 - 4y = 0 is y = (x + c)2, where c is an arbitrary constant. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for an ODE with constant coefficients to have polynomial general solutions. For a first order ODE of degree n and with constant coefficients, we give an algorithm of complexity O(n9) to decide if it has a polynomial general solution and to compute the solution if it exists.

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  • (2004)Polynomial general solutions for first order autonomous ODEsProceedings of the 6th international conference on Computer Algebra and Geometric Algebra with Applications10.1007/11499251_2(5-17)Online publication date: 19-May-2004

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cover image ACM SIGSAM Bulletin
ACM SIGSAM Bulletin  Volume 37, Issue 3
September 2003
39 pages
ISSN:0163-5824
DOI:10.1145/990353
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Published: 01 September 2003
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  • (2004)Polynomial general solutions for first order autonomous ODEsProceedings of the 6th international conference on Computer Algebra and Geometric Algebra with Applications10.1007/11499251_2(5-17)Online publication date: 19-May-2004

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