Gausss hypergeometric ODE is (15) x(1 x)y + [c (a + b + 1)x]y'
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Here, a, b, c are constants. This ODE is of the form P2y" + P1y' + P0y = 0, where P2, P1, P0 are polynomials of degree 2, 1, 0, respectively. These polynomials are written so that the series solution takes a most practical form, namely,
This series is called the hyper geometric series. Its sum y1(x) is called the hyper geometric function and is denoted by F(a, b, c; x). Here, c 0, -1, -2, . . . By choosing specific values of a, b, c we can obtain an incredibly large number of special functions as solutions of (15). This accounts for the importance of (15).
(a) Convergence. For what a or b will (16) reduce to a polynomial? Show that for any other a, b, c (c 0, -1, -2,. . .) the series (16) converges when |x| < 1.
(b) Show that
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(c) Show that for r2 = 1 - c the Frobenius method yields the following solution (where c 2, 3, 4, . . . ):
Show that
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