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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 2 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2024 Paper 1 8 b Solution by
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Set and use the Frobenius solution with . From part (a), the leading coefficients are and . The coefficient of the lowest power is thereforeThe indicial equation reduces to , givingSince , the two indicial roots differ by a nonzero imaginary number, not an integer. Thus the two local Frobenius solutions exist independently on a chosen branch of .
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