- So our differential equation is
- $\frac{d y}{d t}=1+y^2, \quad y(0)=1$
- Then surely
- $\frac{d y}{d t}>y^2, \quad y(0)=1$
- which means, since the derivative is always positive, $y(t)$ would increase for $t>0$ and so would be positive.
- $\frac{1}{y^2} \frac{d y}{d t}>1$
- Now integrate over say $[0, s]$. With $1+y^{10}$ in place of $1+y^2$
- $\frac{d y}{d t}=1+y^{10}, \quad y(0)=1,$
- Knock off the 1 in $1+y^{10}$ and $\quad \frac{d y}{d t}>y^{10}, \quad y(0)=1,$
- Divide by $y^{10}$ and proceed along the same lines: $\quad \int_1^{y(s)} \frac{d y}{y^{10}}>\int_0^s d t=s$