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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 2 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2021 Paper 1 8 e Solution by
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The Taylor series of the logarithm givesTherefore the closed form of the larger-root Frobenius solution isThe series derivation holds initially for ; the closed form extends as a real solution to all . To check it without series, put in the original equation. All undifferentiated terms cancel and the remaining expression is . Hence , and indeed solves it. Its logarithm is analytic near zero, so this is not a forced companion term at the Frobenius point.
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