Missing Solutions of DE

**demode** · March 15th 2012, 12:46 AM

The question is about the initial value problem

$\frac{dy}{dt} = \frac{t \ cos \ 2t}{y}$

The question askes to find a one-parameter family of solutions to the DE, and then it asks: "Are there any solutions to the differential equation that are missing from the set of solutions that you found? Explain."

Attempt:

I've found the general solution by separation of variables:

$\int \ y \ dy = \int \ t \ cos 2t \ dt$

$\frac{y^2}{2} = \frac{1}{4} (2t \ sin (2t)+ cos(2t)) + c$
$\therefore y = \pm \sqrt{t \ sin (2t)+ \frac{1}{2} \ cos (2t) + k}$

So, how do I know whether there are any missing solutions or not? Any explanation would be greatly appreciated.

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