On global transformations of ordinary differential equations of the second order

Abstract

The paper describes the general form of an ordinary differential equation of the second order which allows a nontrivial global transformation consisting of the change of the independent variable and of a nonvanishing factor. A result given by J. Aczél is generalized. A functional equation of the form

$$f\left( {t,\upsilon y,wy + u\upsilon z} \right) = f\left( {x,y,z} \right)u^2 \upsilon + g\left( {t,x,u,\upsilon ,w} \right)\upsilon z + h\left( {t,x,u,\upsilon ,w} \right)y + 2uwz$$

is solved on $\mathbb{R}{\text{ for }}y \ne 0,\upsilon \ne 0$.