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We show that if a system of differential equations has an elementary first integral (i.e. a first integral expressible in terms of exponentials, logarithms and algebraic functions) then it must have a first integral of a very simple form. This unifies and extends results of Mordukhai-Boltovski, Ritt and others and leads to a partial algorithm for finding such integrals.
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Prelle et al. (1983) studied this question.
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