Consider a second order linear homogeneous differential equation
As defined in the last lecture, if and
are analytic at
, then
is an ordinary point; otherwise,
is an singular point (singularity).
Theorem 1
If is an ordinary point of Equation (1), then there exist two linearly independent solutions of the form
, where the series converges on
for some
.
Note
For convenience, it’s often to let . When
is not an ordinary point, then make a shift!