Solution

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For nonzero , the coefficients satisfy , so the analytic power series has radius of convergence . It converges absolutely also at , by comparison with .
The real logarithm in the prescribed solution requires . Consequently
The series and the function itself have finite limits at ; in fact the logarithmic companion tends to . Its derivatives are singular there, so convergence of its values at the endpoint does not make it a classical solution through that singular point of a differential equation. At the logarithmic branch diverges. The independent analytic solution is a polynomial and has no such convergence restriction.

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