For fixed , move the order term of the Bessel equation to the right: . The integrating factor for its leading differential expression is , giving the displayed Sturm-Liouville theory form with coefficient , potential , weight and eigenvalue . The origin is a singular endpoint. The integrating factor must be normalized from a positive reference point; its defining logarithmic integral cannot literally start at zero. Boundary conditions are needed before this differential identity becomes a specified self-adjoint spectral problem.
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