Power substitution reducing a differential equation to constant coefficients
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Power substitution reducing a differential equation to constant coefficients by
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On an interval where the substitution is real and , a factor formed by exponentiation can remove inverse powers from the coefficients of a linear ordinary differential equation. Forthe substitution givesIt becomes a constant-coefficient differential equation exactly when , and . Derive this by the product rule; checking only the coefficient of is insufficient.
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