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Intro to DE / Lecture Note 12

Consider a second order linear homogeneous differential equation

\displaystyle a_2(x)y''+a_1(x)y'+a_0(x)y = 0.

As defined in the last lecture, if \displaystyle \frac{a_1(x)}{a_2(x)} and \displaystyle \frac{a_0(x)}{a_2(x)} are analytic at x_0, then x_0 is an ordinary point; otherwise, x_0 is an singular point (singularity).

Theorem 1


If x_0 is an ordinary point of Equation (1), then there exist two linearly independent solutions of the form \displaystyle \sum_{n=0}^\infty c_n(x-x_0)^n, where the series converges on |x-x_0| < R for some R>0.

Note
For convenience, it’s often to let x_0 = 0. When x_0 = 0 is not an ordinary point, then make a shift!

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