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5-2. Power Series (Differential Equation)

This document discusses power series solutions to ordinary differential equations about ordinary points. It defines ordinary and singular points, and explains that power series solutions of the form Σcn(x-a)n can be found for ordinary points a by substituting the series into the differential equation and equating coefficients to solve for the coefficients cn one at a time. Two examples are given to illustrate the power series method.

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5-2. Power Series (Differential Equation)

This document discusses power series solutions to ordinary differential equations about ordinary points. It defines ordinary and singular points, and explains that power series solutions of the form Σcn(x-a)n can be found for ordinary points a by substituting the series into the differential equation and equating coefficients to solve for the coefficients cn one at a time. Two examples are given to illustrate the power series method.

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Power series, solution about ordinary points.

If L<1 then the power series converges at x. Radius of convergence: R=lim|c


n+1
/c
n
| as n tents to
infinity.







Suppose the linear second order differential equation

(5) is put into standard form

(6) by dividing by the leading coefficient

.


Definition.
A point

is said to be an ordinary point of the differential equation (5) if both


in the standard form (6) are analytic at

. A point that is not an ordinary


point is said to be a singular point of the equation.
Every finite value of is an ordinary point of the differential equation

is an ordinary point of (5) if

, whereas

is singular point of (5).



Theorem.


A solution of the form

is said to be a solution about the ordinary point

.
Finding a power series solution.
The power series method of the solving a linear DE with variable coefficients is often described
as the method of undetermined series coefficients. Here is the idea: substitute

into the differential equation and then equate all coefficients to the right-hand
side of the equation to determine the coefficients

.
Example 1. Solve

Slution. Let

. Then

and

.
Substituting into differential equation gives


Let .
Then






This relation generates consecutive coefficients of the assumed solution one at the time as we
let take on the successive integers









Example 2. Use power series method to solve given differential equation about ordinary point

.

Solution.

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