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Kummer differential equation
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Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-10-05
Kummer'
s
equation
is
x
y
′′
+
(
b
−
x
)
y
′
−
a
y
=
0.
(1)
Its solution analytic at zero is the
confluent hypergeometric function of the first kind
M
(
a
,
b
,
x
)
=
∑
m
=
0
∞
(
b
)
m
m
!
(
a
)
m
x
m
.
(2)
When
b
is not an
integer
,
a
second
local solution is
x
1
−
b
M
(
a
−
b
+
1
,
2
−
b
,
x
)
.
(3)
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