There are a number of equations known as the Riccati differential equation. The most common is
![z^2w^('')+[z^2-n(n+1)]w=0](/images/equations/RiccatiDifferentialEquation/NumberedEquation1.svg) |
(1)
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(Abramowitz and Stegun 1972, p. 445; Zwillinger 1997, p. 126), which has solutions
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(2)
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where 
and 
are spherical Bessel functions
of the first and second
kinds.
Another Riccati differential equation is
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(3)
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which is solvable by algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions only when 
,
for 
,
1, 2, ....
Yet another Riccati differential equation is
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(4)
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where 
(Boyce and DiPrima 1986, p. 87). The transformation
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(5)
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leads to the second-order linear homogeneous equation
![R(z)y^('')-[R^'(z)+Q(z)R(z)]y^'+[R(z)]^2P(z)y=0.](/images/equations/RiccatiDifferentialEquation/NumberedEquation6.svg) |
(6)
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If a particular solution 
to (4) is known, then a more general
solution containing a single arbitrary constant can be obtained from
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(7)
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where 
is a solution to the first-order linear equation
![v^'=-[Q(z)+2R(z)w_1(z)]v-R(z)](/images/equations/RiccatiDifferentialEquation/NumberedEquation8.svg) |
(8)
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(Boyce and DiPrima 1986, p. 87). This result is due to Euler in 1760.
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