Monday, 3 July 2017

ordinary differential equations - Is this constant of integration necessary at this step?

I came across a differential equation:




$$\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{\sin(\log x)}{\log y}$$.
Here is what I tried to do:



I transformed it into this form $$\log y dy=\sin(\log x)dx$$ i.e. $$\int \log y dy=\int \sin(\log x)dx\dots(2)$$ and after that I used integration by parts to finish off the problem.



However,I was told by my teacher that it should instead be $$\int \log y dy=\int \sin(\log x)dx+C$$ where $C$ is a constant of a integration.I argued that the integration had not yet been carried out and so there was no need for the constant.(and I was told it $had$ to be there.)




Can anyone please convince me why my teacher is right and I wrong?





Thanks.

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