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Homework Statement
(1 - x)y'' + xy' + xy = 0
Find the first 3 nonzero coefficients of the power series expansion about x = 0 if y(0) = -1 and y'(0) = 0
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
[itex]y = \sum^{∞}_{n = 0}c_{n}x^{n}[/itex]
From above, I can say that [itex]y(0) = 1 = c_{0}[/itex] and [itex]y'(0) = 0 = c_{1}[/itex]
[itex]L_{y} = (1 - x)\sum^{∞}_{n = 2}c_{n}n(n-1)x^{n-2} + \sum^{∞}_{n = 1}c_{n}nx^{n} + \sum^{∞}_{n = 0}c_{n}x^{n + 1} = 0[/itex]
Some indices manipulation so all the power series are for [itex]x^{m-2}[/itex]...
[itex]L_{y} = \sum^{∞}_{n = 3}[c_{m}m(m-1) - c_{m - 1}(m - 1)(m - 2) + c_{m - 2}(m - 2) + c_{m - 3}]x^{m - 2} + 2c_{2} = 0[/itex]
[itex]c_{2} = arbitrary number[/itex] but I can't assume that it's 0, right?
[itex]c_{m}m(m-1) - c_{m - 1}(m - 1)(m - 2) + c_{m - 2}(m - 2) + c_{m - 3} = 0 for m ≥ 3[/itex]
m = 3:
[itex] 6c_{3} - 2c_{2} = -1[/itex]
m = 4:
[itex] 12c_{4} - 6c_{3} + 2c_{2} = 0[/itex]
[itex]c_{4} = -1/12[/itex]
recurrence equation:
[itex]c_{m} = \frac{c_{m-1}(m - 1)(m - 2) - c_{m-2}(m - 2) - c_{m-3}}{m(m - 1)}[/itex]
I can't seem to find the 3rd non-zero constant...
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