Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2022/ia/paper-2/5c/b/solution

After division by , the coefficient of is . The Abel identity for the Wronskian gives
so
For , direct substitution confirms that . Reduction of order gives a second solution proportional to
To extract the requested coefficients, put
For the differential operator
one finds
The analytic correction must therefore satisfy . Its constant and linear coefficients give
Hence

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