Solution

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In normalized form, the coefficients are and . They are analytic near zero, so .
At each of , has a simple pole and at most a simple pole. The products and are analytic, so both are regular singular points. More precisely their limiting values are and zero, giving indicial equation , with exponents .
To classify infinity, set and . The transformed equation is
After division, its coefficients satisfy
Both are analytic at , while itself has a pole. Hence , with indicial exponents . These classifications remain valid at , when the exponents at infinity coincide.

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