Because zero is an ordinary point, substitute . Matching powers gives
Even and odd coefficients evolve independently. Taking and constructs solutions
Their initial values and derivatives give , so they are linearly independent. These power series of the Chebyshev differential equation span the local solution space. A useful check is and , with at .
The origin is an ordinary point. Substitute into the equation and collect the coefficient of :
Hence the recurrence relation is
There are two free initial coefficients. The independent even and odd power series begin
The general solution is . As a useful independent check, the substitution reduces the equation to . Thus
For a nonterminating parity series, , so the ratio test in gives . The regular singular points at explain the natural obstruction.
There is an important exception to an unconditional radius-one answer. If for an integer , the series of parity terminates at degree and is a multiple of a Chebyshev polynomial. Its radius of convergence is ; the other independent parity solution still has radius one. For the even solution is constant. Any nonzero combination containing the nonterminating solution has radius one. These are the full power series of the Chebyshev differential equation, including the terminating cases.