TUTORIAL 5

MAT 580

SERIES SOLUTION NEAR SINGULAR POINTS-CASE 3

1. Find the general series solution for

d2 y dy
i) (x  1) x  0 at x  1 until the fifth term.
2 dx
dx
d2 y dy
ii) x  (x2  3)  2xy  0 at x  0 until the fifth term.
dx2 dx