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The homogeneous Cauchy-Euler equation has solutions $x$ and $x^{-1}$. Choose $y_L=x$, which vanishes at zero, and $y_R=x-x^{-1}$, which vanishes at one. Their Wronskian is $W(s)=y_L(s)y_R^{\prime }(s)-y_L^{\prime }(s)y_R(s)=2/s$. For a Green function integrated against the unweighted measure $ds$, continuity at $x=s$ and the jump condition $s^2[G_x{]}_{s^{-}}^{s^{+}}=1$ giveIt satisfies $L_{x}G=\delta (x-s)$ for $L=x^2{\partial }_x^2+x{\partial }_x-1$. Therefore the candidate solution isThe leading coefficient vanishes at zero, so the endpoint condition needs care. If $f$ extends continuously to $[0,1]$, this expression has limit $-f(0)$ as $x\downarrow 0$. Indeed $x^{-1}{\int }_0^{x}f(s)ds\to f(0)$ and $x{\int }_x^{1}f(s)s^{-2}ds\to f(0)$, while the remaining terms vanish. Thus the continuous zero-endpoint problem in this class requires $f(0)=0$. With that compatibility condition the formula gives both boundary values and is unique: a difference of two bounded solutions is $Ax+B/x$, whose two endpoint conditions force both constants to vanish. For incompatible forcing such as $f\equiv 1$, the bounded solution with $u(1)=0$ is $x-1$, which cannot also vanish at zero. Pointwise vanishing of $G(x,s)$ for fixed $s$ does not justify interchanging the singular endpoint limit with its integral. This issue is treated in Green kernel and endpoint compatibility for a singular Euler equation.

For the supplied compatible forcing $f(s)=s$, the integrals are $x^2/2$ and $(1-x^2)/2+\log x$. Their polynomial pieces cancel, givingDirect differentiation gives $Lu=x$, and $x\log x\to 0$ at zero. Its derivative diverges there, which is allowed because the boundary condition requires the value, not a finite derivative.