I am recently studying how to solve ordinary differential equations. However, in class all the examples I learnt are second order differential equations. I wonder if there is a principle way to solve ode involving $x^3$?
Here is one equation: $$\frac{dx}{dt}-ax^3=0,$$ where $a$ is a positive coefficient. How can we solve such an equation?
I realize we are using the technique of changing variables, then what if we have two more terms: $$\frac{dx}{dt}-bx-ax^3-cx^5=0,$$ where a, b and c are all positive coefficients. In this case, we have more complicated order relationship among these terms. By changing variables, won't we introduce too many new variables and make the equation harder to solve?
Thanks!