Calculus 10th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Differential Equations - 6.3 Exercises - Page 423: 68

Answer

Not homogeneous

Work Step by Step

Recall that the definition of a homogeneous function is a function that satisfies the following condition $f(tx,ty)=t^nf(x,y)$ where $n$ is the degree. If $f(x,y)=x^3+3x^2y^2-2y^2$ all we have to do is plug in the point $(tx,ty)$ $f(tx,ty)=(tx)^3+3(tx)^2(ty)^2-2(ty)^2$ $=t^3x^3+3t^4x^2y^2-2t^2y^2$ Right away we can see that this function is not homogeneous as there are different powers of $t$ in each term.
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