It is an ODE that is cubic in the unknown function:
$$ u_1=f_3(x)u^3+f_2(x)u^2+f_1(x)u+f_0(x) $$where $f_3(x)\neq 0$.
See wikipedia for more info.
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Author of the notes: Antonio J. Pan-Collantes
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