For which values of $C\in \mathbb{R}$ does $f(x, C) = - f(y, C)$ have solutions $(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}$.

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I have two differential equations:

\begin{equation} x' = x(1-y)\\ y' = y(x-1) \end{equation}

After some tricks, where you can use:

\begin{equation} \frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{y(x-1)}{x(1-y)} \rightarrow \int \frac{(1 - y)}{y} dy = \int \frac{(x-1)}{x}dx. \end{equation}

This eventually leads to: \begin{equation} - f(y, c) = \log(y) - y + C = x - \log(x) + C = f(x, y) \end{equation}

How can I determine for which values of $C$ the functions solutions?

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From

$$ \ln y-y=x-\ln x+C $$

Assuming $x > 0, y > 0$ we have

$$ ye^{-y}= e^C \frac{e^x}{x} $$

or

$$ e^C = x y e^{-(x+y)} $$

now $x y e^{-(x+y)}$ has a maximum at $x = y = 1$ then

$$ 0 < e^C \le \frac{1}{e^2}\Rightarrow -\infty < C\le -2 $$