Applications of Bernoulli differential equations
When a nonlinear first order ordinary differential equation has the form with n ≠ 1, the change of variables turns the equation into a linear equation in u. The equation is known as Bernoulli’s equation, though Leibniz came up with the same technique. Apparently the history is complicated [1]. It’s
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