Solution

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On the interval containing the initial point, divide the linear ordinary differential equation by to obtain . Its integrating factor is , giving
The initial condition gives . Hence
Direct differentiation gives , so and . The coefficient of vanishes at zero; the boxed expression is the solution on the regular initial-value interval, rather than an assertion of unique continuation through zero.

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