Solution Around x = 0
Let
Then
Hence, x = 0 and x = 1 are singular points. Let's start with x = 0. To see if it is regular, we study the following limits:
Hence, both limits exist and x = 0 is a regular singular point. Therefore, we assume the solution takes the form
with a0 ≠ 0. Hence,
Substituting these into the hypergeometric equation, we get
That is,
In order to simplify this equation, we need all powers to be the same, equal to r + c − 1, the smallest power. Hence, we switch the indices as follows:
Thus, isolating the first term of the sums starting from 0 we get
Now, from the linear independence of all powers of x, that is, of the functions 1, x, x2, etc., the coefficients of xk vanish for all k. Hence, from the first term, we have
which is the indicial equation. Since a0 ≠ 0, we have
Hence,
Also, from the rest of the terms, we have
Hence,
But
Hence, we get the recurrence relation
Let's now simplify this relation by giving ar in terms of a0 instead of ar−1. From the recurrence relation (note: below, expressions of the form (u)r refer to the Pochhammer symbol).
As we can see,
Hence, our assumed solution takes the form
We are now ready to study the solutions corresponding to the different cases for c1 − c2 = γ − 1 (this reduces to studying the nature of the parameter γ: whether it is an integer or not).
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