The professor wrote the differential equation f²/f'=1 on the blackboard, and asked the students to solve it.

Everybody started working with the usual methods, except for a kid at the back of the class, who happened to have skipped that material, but was very bright.

Can you solve this equation without any integration?

(In reply to re(2): My (cryptic, mysterious, sibylline) Way by Old Original Oskar!)

A student that is unfamilar with integration being used for a differential equation but is capable of using a power series technique is very (strangely) "bright " indeed. Nice job O^3.

Edited on May 3, 2006, 9:43 am

Posted by owl on 2006-05-03 08:52:39