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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 2 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2015 Paper 1 8 b Solution by
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Because zero is an ordinary point, substitute . Matching powers givesEven and odd coefficients evolve independently. Taking and constructs solutionsTheir initial values and derivatives give , so they are linearly independent. These power series of the Chebyshev differential equation span the local solution space. A useful check is and , with at .
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