Consider the Cauchy Problem y 0 = a(x) arctan y, y(0) = 1, where a(x) is a continuous function defined on R, such that for every x it holds that |a(x)| ≤ 1. Using the Global Picard–Lindel¨of Theorem, show that there exists a unique solution y defined on R.

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Consider the Cauchy Problem y 0 = a(x) arctan y, y(0) = 1, where a(x) is a continuous function defined on R, such that for every x it holds that |a(x)| ≤ 1. Using the Global Picard–Lindel¨of Theorem, show that there exists a unique solution y defined on R.

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