A harder Frobenius Differential

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Homework Statement



xu'' + 2y' + xy = 0


Homework Equations



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frobenius_method

The Attempt at a Solution



Ok, so i have managed the Frobenius method in the past, but this seems harder...


<br /> \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} a_n(n+c)(n+c-1)x^{\ n+c-2} + 2\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} a_n(n+c)x^{\ n+c-2} + \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} a_nx^{\ n+c} = 0<br />

<br /> \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} a_n(n+c)(n+c-1)x^{\ n+c-2} + 2\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} a_n(n+c)x^{\ n+c-2} + \sum_{n=2}^{\infty} a_{\ n-2}x^{\ n+c-2} = 0<br />

i cannot simply remove n=0 as i would if there were only a difference of one between the sumation limits, here i would have to remove n=0 and n=1 which means that i would not have a quadratic multiplied by a_0to solve, to find the c values. I would have one quadratic multiplied a_0 by and one by a_1...
 
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I meant xy'' + 2y' + xy = 0...

To clarify, from the wikipedia article and looking at the example,

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'We can take one element out of the sums that start with k=0 to obtain the sums starting at the same index.'
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'We obtain one linearly independent solution by solving the indicial polynomial r(r-1)-r+1 = r2-2r+1 =0 which gives a double root of 1'

I have two equations if i remove n=0 and n=1, what shall i do to get my indicial polynomial?
 
Here is the question:
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and my solution:
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am i right? is the question wrong? please can someone clarify this.
 
please...
 
... :(
 
f uckyall bitchez - i solved it.
 
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