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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 2 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2013 Paper 1 3 i Solution by
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The substitution reduces the homogeneous linear differential equation toA first integration gives , and a second gives . HenceThe Wronskian of is , so they are linearly independent on either side of zero. At zero the differential equation has a regular singular point. The displayed solutions extend analytically through it; their linear combinations describe the global solutions when two continuous derivatives are required there. If no matching condition is imposed, the two sides have independent constants.
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