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Question 27.45
Find a) the recurrence formula and (b) the general solution of x = 0; ( +4) + y
= x by the power series method around the given value of x.

Solution :

a) ( +4) + y = x -------- (1)

+ =

Power series equations,

=2

Substitute the power series equations into (1).

( x2 + 4 )( 2a2 + 6a3x + 12a4x2 + 20a5x3 + 30a6x4 + 42a7x5 + …) + ( a0 + a1x +

a2x2 + a3x3 + a4x4 + a5x5 + …) = x

or equivalently

( 8a2 + a0 ) + ( 24a3 + a1 )x + ( 48a4 + 3a2)x2 + ( 80a5 + 7a3)x3 + ( 120a6 + 13a4 )x4 +

( 168a7 + 21a5) + … = x

Equating coefficients of powers of x, we have

8a2 + a0 =0
24a3 + a1 =1
48a4 + 3a2 = 0
80a5 + 7a3 = 0
120a6 + 13a4 = 0 , …
In general, + =0 ------(2)

Which is equivalent to =- ( n= 2,3,4,5,…)

Note that the recurrence formula above is not valid for n = 0 or n = 1, since the
coefficients of x on the right side of (1) are not zero. Instead, we use the first
two equations in (2) to obtain

=- , =

b) Using the above results,

Thus,

= + +