Comment #6 on issue 1766 by asmeurer: expand(power_base=True) is too  
aggressive
http://code.google.com/p/sympy/issues/detail?id=1766

Here is a slightly modified example that shows that even Maple ignores  
assumptions on ODEs (Maple is usually a real stickler when it
comes to assumptions):

> dsolve(diff(f(x), x) = sqrt(f(x)**2*(x + 1)));
                                  /2        (3/2)\
                        f(x) = exp|- (x + 1)     | _C1
                                  \3             /
> sqrt(f(x)**2);
                                        (1/2)
                                 /    2\
                                 \f(x) /
> int(1/sqrt(x**2), x);
                                    x ln(x)
                                   ---------
                                       (1/2)
                                   / 2\
                                   \x /

Compare to us (right now):

In [16]: dsolve(diff(f(x), x) - sqrt(f(x)**2)*sqrt((x + 1)), f(x))
Out[16]:
f(x)
  ⌠                              3/2
  ⎮      1              2⋅(1 + x)
  ⎮   ─────── dy = C₁ + ────────────
  ⎮      ⎽⎽⎽⎽                3
  ⎮     ╱  2
  ⎮   ╲╱  y
  ⌡

It seems we can't do that integral, but the point is that Maple just  
ignores the fact that sqrt(f(x)**2) != f(x) when solving the ODE.

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