Direct calculation gives
Where , Abel identity gives , and substitution of either solution gives . Thus
These coefficients have singularities at odd multiples of . This does not contradict the Wronskian criterion: its continuous-coefficient interval hypothesis fails at those points.
On , the initial conditions uniquely select . The normalized differential equation is not defined on the whole interval , so the usual global uniqueness theorem for ordinary differential equations cannot give the global initial-value assertion as posed. No choice of finite coefficients at can repair the normalized equation while retaining both displayed solutions: at that point and its first derivative vanish, but its second derivative equals one.
The continuation through a zero of the leading ODE coefficient is a different problem: consider the multiplied, degenerate equation
For this different equation, a globally solution with the given initial data is uniquely . On each regular interval every solution is ; continuity of and at an odd multiple of forces both constants to agree across it. If only piecewise solutions away from the singular points are required, the may change and uniqueness fails. Thus the coefficient singularity and the intended solution regularity must be distinguished.