\newsectionNoPB \subsection{Linear differential equations of first order} \rmvspace \shortproposition Solution of $y' + ay = 0$ is of form $f(x) = C e^{-A(x)}$ with $A$ anti-derivative of $a$ \rmvspace \shade{gray}{Imhomogeneous equation} $y' + ay = b$ with $b$ any function. \rmvspace \begin{enumerate}[noitemsep] \item Compute $y_p = z(x) e^{-A(x)}$ with $z(x) = \int b(x) e^{A(x)} \dx x$ ($A(x)$ in exp here!), \item Solve and the result is $y(x) = y_h + c \cdot y_p$. For initial value problem, determine coefficient $C$ \end{enumerate}