Solution

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Let , so and the forced equation is . The small-parameter Taylor expansion of the forcing is
Each Chebyshev polynomial can be inverted separately under . None of the required denominators vanishes because is a real noninteger. Thus the regular solution of a forced Chebyshev equation has
Here we select the same regular endpoint domain as in part (a), with finite function values and finite endpoint derivatives. This qualification is needed: the printed forced equation alone does not state endpoint conditions. Without this selection one can add , which remain finite but generally have singular endpoint derivatives. With , regularity gives ; the corresponding homogeneous equation has only the zero solution for noninteger . This makes the displayed expansion unique.

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