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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ia Paper 2 7A b Solution by
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For positive integral , the exponent-zero linear recurrence relation fixes for , but at its factor vanishes and leaves free. Choose and . All later coefficients then vanish by the same linear recurrence relation.
A polynomial solution of degree isFor this is the constant solution , in agreement with the ordinary point exception. The terminating Frobenius series arises because the coefficient equation at the resonant index becomes , permitting truncation rather than forcing a logarithm.
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