Solve the BV problem by asymptotic matching techniques: ep y'' + 2y' + exp(y) = 0, y(0)=0, y(1)=0 where ep << 1. There is a boundary layer as x->0. Caution: This is a NL eqn. When scaling, you will have to carry around y's. To scale then, one must know the "size" of y. As a start, assume that the size of y is of the order expected from the outer solution. Use this to approximate the inner layer. If in doubt, let y~O(1). However, regardless of your original scaling, check self-consistently that what you threw away is smaller than what you kept. When I do this, I find that there is a scale to the boundary layer and that my solution in the BL is valid but breaks down when x gets much larger than the BL scale (but not overly large). Identify this second larger scale size.