Solution

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In the hypergeometric symbol, select the exponent at zero and factor out its local power by writing
The Exponential shifting of a Papperitz symbol makes the exponents of equal to at zero, at one, and at infinity. These are the hypergeometric parameters
because and . The solution for that is analytic at zero and equals one there is therefore the Gauss hypergeometric function . Thus the second local hypergeometric solution is
For noninteger this is linearly independent from ; at resonant values, the usual limiting or logarithmic modification may be required.

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