- The orthogonal trajectories are thus the phase curves of the system
- $\frac{d x}{d t}=M(x, y), \quad \frac{d y}{d t}=N(x, y)$
- and so the differential equation for the orthogonal trajectories is
- $ N(x, y) d x-M(x, y) d y=0 .$
- Theorem on orthogonal trajectories
- Theorem 1
- If a one parameter family of curves is given by the Diff. Eqn
- $ M(x, y) d x+N(x, y) d y=0$
- then the differential equation for the orthogonal trajectories is
- $ N(x, y) d x-M(x, y) d y=0 .$