Square-root reduction of a regular-singular differential equation

ID: square-root-reduction-of-a-regular-singular-differential-equation

With and , the displayed linear differential equation becomes away from zero. Its Frobenius solutions have exponents and : and . The first is an entire function of ; the second needs a local square-root branch. This illustrates how a regular singular point can arise from a degenerate change of independent variable.

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