Stuck on Differential Equation (Tried Substitution)

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$$\frac {dy}{dx}=\frac{x^2-xy-y^2}{x-y}$$

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$$\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{x^2-xy-y^2}{x-y}=\frac{(x+y)(x-y)-xy}{x-y}$$

$$\frac{dy}{dx}=x+y-\frac{xy}{x-y}=x+y\left[1-\frac{x}{x-y}\right]$$

$$\frac{dy}{dx}-y\left(1-\frac{x}{x-y}\right)=x $$

I tried to make it first order linear differential equation and then I also tried to make it exact, but I still had trouble.

I tried substitution : $Z=1/(x-y)$

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It doesn't seem to have closed-form solutions.

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Hint:

$\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{x^2-xy-y^2}{x-y}$

$(y-x)\dfrac{dy}{dx}=y^2+xy-x^2$

This belongs to an Abel equation of the second kind.

Let $u=y-x$ ,

Then $y=u+x$

$\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{du}{dx}+1$

$\therefore u\left(\dfrac{du}{dx}+1\right)=(u+x)^2+x(u+x)-x^2$

$u\dfrac{du}{dx}+u=u^2+2xu+x^2+xu+x^2-x^2$

$u\dfrac{du}{dx}=u^2+(3x-1)u+x^2$

Let $u=e^xv$ ,

Then $\dfrac{du}{dx}=e^x\dfrac{dv}{dx}+e^xv$

$\therefore e^xv\left(e^x\dfrac{dv}{dx}+e^xv\right)=e^{2x}v^2+(3x-1)e^x+x^2$

$e^{2x}v\dfrac{dv}{dx}+e^{2x}v^2=e^{2x}v^2+(3x-1)e^x+x^2$

$e^{2x}v\dfrac{dv}{dx}=(3x-1)e^x+x^2$

$v\dfrac{dv}{dx}=(3x-1)e^{-x}+x^2e^{-2x}$