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On first integrals for polynomial differential equations on the line

On first integrals for polynomial differential equations on the line

We show that any equation dy/dx = P(x,y) with P a polynomial has a global (on ℝ²) smooth first integral nonconstant on any open domain. We also present an example of an equation without an analytic primitive first integral.