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For the normalized second-order equation , an ordinary point has analytic . A regular singular point is a singular point where and extend analytically through . The two finite singular points here are and . At zero, the respective limiting coefficients are ; at , they are . Thus both are regular singular points, with indicial roots and , respectively.

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