Method
Consider the second-order linear differential equation
Suppose a2 is nonzero for all z. Then we can divide throughout to obtain
Suppose further that a1/a2 and a0/a2 are analytic functions.
The power series method calls for the construction of a power series solution
If a2 is zero for some z, then the Frobenius method, a variation on this method, is suited to deal with so called singular points. The method works analogously for higher order equations as well as for systems.
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