19.16 problem 4(c)

19.16.1 Maple step by step solution

Internal problem ID [6456]
Internal file name [OUTPUT/5704_Sunday_June_05_2022_03_47_58_PM_92248162/index.tex]

Book: Differential Equations: Theory, Technique, and Practice by George Simmons, Steven Krantz. McGraw-Hill NY. 2007. 1st Edition.
Section: Chapter 4. Power Series Solutions and Special Functions. Section 4.4. REGULAR SINGULAR POINTS. Page 175
Problem number: 4(c).
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

The type(s) of ODE detected by this program : "second order series method. Regular singular point. Difference not integer"

Maple gives the following as the ode type

[[_2nd_order, _with_linear_symmetries]]

\[ \boxed {2 x y^{\prime \prime }+\left (x +1\right ) y^{\prime }+3 y=0} \] With the expansion point for the power series method at \(x = 0\).

The type of the expansion point is first determined. This is done on the homogeneous part of the ODE. \[ 2 x y^{\prime \prime }+\left (x +1\right ) y^{\prime }+3 y = 0 \] The following is summary of singularities for the above ode. Writing the ode as \begin {align*} y^{\prime \prime }+p(x) y^{\prime } + q(x) y &=0 \end {align*}

Where \begin {align*} p(x) &= \frac {x +1}{2 x}\\ q(x) &= \frac {3}{2 x}\\ \end {align*}

Table 188: Table \(p(x),q(x)\) singularites.
\(p(x)=\frac {x +1}{2 x}\)
singularity type
\(x = 0\) \(\text {``regular''}\)
\(q(x)=\frac {3}{2 x}\)
singularity type
\(x = 0\) \(\text {``regular''}\)

Combining everything together gives the following summary of singularities for the ode as

Regular singular points : \([0]\)

Irregular singular points : \([\infty ]\)

Since \(x = 0\) is regular singular point, then Frobenius power series is used. The ode is normalized to be \[ 2 x y^{\prime \prime }+\left (x +1\right ) y^{\prime }+3 y = 0 \] Let the solution be represented as Frobenius power series of the form \[ y = \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}a_{n} x^{n +r} \] Then \begin{align*} y^{\prime } &= \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (n +r \right ) a_{n} x^{n +r -1} \\ y^{\prime \prime } &= \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right ) a_{n} x^{n +r -2} \\ \end{align*} Substituting the above back into the ode gives \begin{equation} \tag{1} 2 x \left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right ) a_{n} x^{n +r -2}\right )+\left (x +1\right ) \left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (n +r \right ) a_{n} x^{n +r -1}\right )+3 \left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}a_{n} x^{n +r}\right ) = 0 \end{equation} Which simplifies to \begin{equation} \tag{2A} \left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}2 x^{n +r -1} a_{n} \left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right )\right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}x^{n +r} a_{n} \left (n +r \right )\right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (n +r \right ) a_{n} x^{n +r -1}\right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}3 a_{n} x^{n +r}\right ) = 0 \end{equation} The next step is to make all powers of \(x\) be \(n +r -1\) in each summation term. Going over each summation term above with power of \(x\) in it which is not already \(x^{n +r -1}\) and adjusting the power and the corresponding index gives \begin{align*} \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}x^{n +r} a_{n} \left (n +r \right ) &= \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}a_{n -1} \left (n +r -1\right ) x^{n +r -1} \\ \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}3 a_{n} x^{n +r} &= \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}3 a_{n -1} x^{n +r -1} \\ \end{align*} Substituting all the above in Eq (2A) gives the following equation where now all powers of \(x\) are the same and equal to \(n +r -1\). \begin{equation} \tag{2B} \left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}2 x^{n +r -1} a_{n} \left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right )\right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}a_{n -1} \left (n +r -1\right ) x^{n +r -1}\right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (n +r \right ) a_{n} x^{n +r -1}\right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}3 a_{n -1} x^{n +r -1}\right ) = 0 \end{equation} The indicial equation is obtained from \(n = 0\). From Eq (2B) this gives \[ 2 x^{n +r -1} a_{n} \left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right )+\left (n +r \right ) a_{n} x^{n +r -1} = 0 \] When \(n = 0\) the above becomes \[ 2 x^{-1+r} a_{0} r \left (-1+r \right )+r a_{0} x^{-1+r} = 0 \] Or \[ \left (2 x^{-1+r} r \left (-1+r \right )+r \,x^{-1+r}\right ) a_{0} = 0 \] Since \(a_{0}\neq 0\) then the above simplifies to \[ r \,x^{-1+r} \left (-1+2 r \right ) = 0 \] Since the above is true for all \(x\) then the indicial equation becomes \[ 2 r^{2}-r = 0 \] Solving for \(r\) gives the roots of the indicial equation as \begin {align*} r_1 &= {\frac {1}{2}}\\ r_2 &= 0 \end {align*}

Since \(a_{0}\neq 0\) then the indicial equation becomes \[ r \,x^{-1+r} \left (-1+2 r \right ) = 0 \] Solving for \(r\) gives the roots of the indicial equation as \(\left [{\frac {1}{2}}, 0\right ]\).

Since \(r_1 - r_2 = {\frac {1}{2}}\) is not an integer, then we can construct two linearly independent solutions \begin {align*} y_{1}\left (x \right ) &= x^{r_{1}} \left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}a_{n} x^{n}\right )\\ y_{2}\left (x \right ) &= x^{r_{2}} \left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}b_{n} x^{n}\right ) \end {align*}

Or \begin {align*} y_{1}\left (x \right ) &= \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}a_{n} x^{n +\frac {1}{2}}\\ y_{2}\left (x \right ) &= \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}b_{n} x^{n} \end {align*}

We start by finding \(y_{1}\left (x \right )\). Eq (2B) derived above is now used to find all \(a_{n}\) coefficients. The case \(n = 0\) is skipped since it was used to find the roots of the indicial equation. \(a_{0}\) is arbitrary and taken as \(a_{0} = 1\). For \(1\le n\) the recursive equation is \begin{equation} \tag{3} 2 a_{n} \left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right )+a_{n -1} \left (n +r -1\right )+a_{n} \left (n +r \right )+3 a_{n -1} = 0 \end{equation} Solving for \(a_{n}\) from recursive equation (4) gives \[ a_{n} = -\frac {a_{n -1} \left (n +r +2\right )}{2 n^{2}+4 n r +2 r^{2}-n -r}\tag {4} \] Which for the root \(r = {\frac {1}{2}}\) becomes \[ a_{n} = \frac {-2 n a_{n -1}-5 a_{n -1}}{4 n^{2}+2 n}\tag {5} \] At this point, it is a good idea to keep track of \(a_{n}\) in a table both before substituting \(r = {\frac {1}{2}}\) and after as more terms are found using the above recursive equation.

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)

For \(n = 1\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ a_{1}=\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1} \] Which for the root \(r = {\frac {1}{2}}\) becomes \[ a_{1}=-{\frac {7}{6}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(a_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-{\frac {7}{6}}\)

For \(n = 2\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ a_{2}=\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6} \] Which for the root \(r = {\frac {1}{2}}\) becomes \[ a_{2}={\frac {21}{40}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(a_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-{\frac {7}{6}}\)
\(a_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(\frac {21}{40}\)

For \(n = 3\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ a_{3}=-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30} \] Which for the root \(r = {\frac {1}{2}}\) becomes \[ a_{3}=-{\frac {11}{80}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(a_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-{\frac {7}{6}}\)
\(a_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(\frac {21}{40}\)
\(a_{3}\) \(-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30}\) \(-{\frac {11}{80}}\)

For \(n = 4\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ a_{4}=\frac {\left (5+r \right ) \left (6+r \right )}{16 r^{6}+176 r^{5}+760 r^{4}+1640 r^{3}+1849 r^{2}+1019 r +210} \] Which for the root \(r = {\frac {1}{2}}\) becomes \[ a_{4}={\frac {143}{5760}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(a_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-{\frac {7}{6}}\)
\(a_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(\frac {21}{40}\)
\(a_{3}\) \(-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30}\) \(-{\frac {11}{80}}\)
\(a_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (5+r \right ) \left (6+r \right )}{16 r^{6}+176 r^{5}+760 r^{4}+1640 r^{3}+1849 r^{2}+1019 r +210}\) \(\frac {143}{5760}\)

For \(n = 5\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ a_{5}=-\frac {\left (6+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{32 r^{7}+496 r^{6}+3104 r^{5}+10120 r^{4}+18458 r^{3}+18679 r^{2}+9591 r +1890} \] Which for the root \(r = {\frac {1}{2}}\) becomes \[ a_{5}=-{\frac {13}{3840}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(a_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-{\frac {7}{6}}\)
\(a_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(\frac {21}{40}\)
\(a_{3}\) \(-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30}\) \(-{\frac {11}{80}}\)
\(a_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (5+r \right ) \left (6+r \right )}{16 r^{6}+176 r^{5}+760 r^{4}+1640 r^{3}+1849 r^{2}+1019 r +210}\) \(\frac {143}{5760}\)
\(a_{5}\) \(-\frac {\left (6+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{32 r^{7}+496 r^{6}+3104 r^{5}+10120 r^{4}+18458 r^{3}+18679 r^{2}+9591 r +1890}\) \(-{\frac {13}{3840}}\)

For \(n = 6\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ a_{6}=\frac {\left (8+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{64 r^{8}+1344 r^{7}+11664 r^{6}+54384 r^{5}+148236 r^{4}+240396 r^{3}+224651 r^{2}+109281 r +20790} \] Which for the root \(r = {\frac {1}{2}}\) becomes \[ a_{6}={\frac {17}{46080}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(a_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-{\frac {7}{6}}\)
\(a_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(\frac {21}{40}\)
\(a_{3}\) \(-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30}\) \(-{\frac {11}{80}}\)
\(a_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (5+r \right ) \left (6+r \right )}{16 r^{6}+176 r^{5}+760 r^{4}+1640 r^{3}+1849 r^{2}+1019 r +210}\) \(\frac {143}{5760}\)
\(a_{5}\) \(-\frac {\left (6+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{32 r^{7}+496 r^{6}+3104 r^{5}+10120 r^{4}+18458 r^{3}+18679 r^{2}+9591 r +1890}\) \(-{\frac {13}{3840}}\)
\(a_{6}\) \(\frac {\left (8+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{64 r^{8}+1344 r^{7}+11664 r^{6}+54384 r^{5}+148236 r^{4}+240396 r^{3}+224651 r^{2}+109281 r +20790}\) \(\frac {17}{46080}\)

For \(n = 7\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ a_{7}=-\frac {\left (9+r \right ) \left (8+r \right )}{128 r^{9}+3520 r^{8}+40800 r^{7}+260400 r^{6}+1003464 r^{5}+2407860 r^{4}+3574450 r^{3}+3139025 r^{2}+1462233 r +270270} \] Which for the root \(r = {\frac {1}{2}}\) becomes \[ a_{7}=-{\frac {323}{9676800}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(a_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-{\frac {7}{6}}\)
\(a_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(\frac {21}{40}\)
\(a_{3}\) \(-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30}\) \(-{\frac {11}{80}}\)
\(a_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (5+r \right ) \left (6+r \right )}{16 r^{6}+176 r^{5}+760 r^{4}+1640 r^{3}+1849 r^{2}+1019 r +210}\) \(\frac {143}{5760}\)
\(a_{5}\) \(-\frac {\left (6+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{32 r^{7}+496 r^{6}+3104 r^{5}+10120 r^{4}+18458 r^{3}+18679 r^{2}+9591 r +1890}\) \(-{\frac {13}{3840}}\)
\(a_{6}\) \(\frac {\left (8+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{64 r^{8}+1344 r^{7}+11664 r^{6}+54384 r^{5}+148236 r^{4}+240396 r^{3}+224651 r^{2}+109281 r +20790}\) \(\frac {17}{46080}\)
\(a_{7}\) \(-\frac {\left (9+r \right ) \left (8+r \right )}{128 r^{9}+3520 r^{8}+40800 r^{7}+260400 r^{6}+1003464 r^{5}+2407860 r^{4}+3574450 r^{3}+3139025 r^{2}+1462233 r +270270}\) \(-{\frac {323}{9676800}}\)

Using the above table, then the solution \(y_{1}\left (x \right )\) is \begin {align*} y_{1}\left (x \right )&= \sqrt {x} \left (a_{0}+a_{1} x +a_{2} x^{2}+a_{3} x^{3}+a_{4} x^{4}+a_{5} x^{5}+a_{6} x^{6}+a_{7} x^{7}+a_{8} x^{8}\dots \right ) \\ &= \sqrt {x}\, \left (1-\frac {7 x}{6}+\frac {21 x^{2}}{40}-\frac {11 x^{3}}{80}+\frac {143 x^{4}}{5760}-\frac {13 x^{5}}{3840}+\frac {17 x^{6}}{46080}-\frac {323 x^{7}}{9676800}+O\left (x^{8}\right )\right ) \end {align*}

Now the second solution \(y_{2}\left (x \right )\) is found. Eq (2B) derived above is now used to find all \(b_{n}\) coefficients. The case \(n = 0\) is skipped since it was used to find the roots of the indicial equation. \(b_{0}\) is arbitrary and taken as \(b_{0} = 1\). For \(1\le n\) the recursive equation is \begin{equation} \tag{3} 2 b_{n} \left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right )+b_{n -1} \left (n +r -1\right )+\left (n +r \right ) b_{n}+3 b_{n -1} = 0 \end{equation} Solving for \(b_{n}\) from recursive equation (4) gives \[ b_{n} = -\frac {b_{n -1} \left (n +r +2\right )}{2 n^{2}+4 n r +2 r^{2}-n -r}\tag {4} \] Which for the root \(r = 0\) becomes \[ b_{n} = -\frac {b_{n -1} \left (n +2\right )}{n \left (2 n -1\right )}\tag {5} \] At this point, it is a good idea to keep track of \(b_{n}\) in a table both before substituting \(r = 0\) and after as more terms are found using the above recursive equation.

\(n\) \(b_{n ,r}\) \(b_{n}\)
\(b_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)

For \(n = 1\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ b_{1}=\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1} \] Which for the root \(r = 0\) becomes \[ b_{1}=-3 \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(b_{n ,r}\) \(b_{n}\)
\(b_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(b_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-3\)

For \(n = 2\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ b_{2}=\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6} \] Which for the root \(r = 0\) becomes \[ b_{2}=2 \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(b_{n ,r}\) \(b_{n}\)
\(b_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(b_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-3\)
\(b_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(2\)

For \(n = 3\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ b_{3}=-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30} \] Which for the root \(r = 0\) becomes \[ b_{3}=-{\frac {2}{3}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(b_{n ,r}\) \(b_{n}\)
\(b_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(b_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-3\)
\(b_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(2\)
\(b_{3}\) \(-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30}\) \(-{\frac {2}{3}}\)

For \(n = 4\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ b_{4}=\frac {\left (5+r \right ) \left (6+r \right )}{16 r^{6}+176 r^{5}+760 r^{4}+1640 r^{3}+1849 r^{2}+1019 r +210} \] Which for the root \(r = 0\) becomes \[ b_{4}={\frac {1}{7}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(b_{n ,r}\) \(b_{n}\)
\(b_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(b_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-3\)
\(b_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(2\)
\(b_{3}\) \(-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30}\) \(-{\frac {2}{3}}\)
\(b_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (5+r \right ) \left (6+r \right )}{16 r^{6}+176 r^{5}+760 r^{4}+1640 r^{3}+1849 r^{2}+1019 r +210}\) \(\frac {1}{7}\)

For \(n = 5\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ b_{5}=-\frac {\left (6+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{32 r^{7}+496 r^{6}+3104 r^{5}+10120 r^{4}+18458 r^{3}+18679 r^{2}+9591 r +1890} \] Which for the root \(r = 0\) becomes \[ b_{5}=-{\frac {1}{45}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(b_{n ,r}\) \(b_{n}\)
\(b_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(b_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-3\)
\(b_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(2\)
\(b_{3}\) \(-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30}\) \(-{\frac {2}{3}}\)
\(b_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (5+r \right ) \left (6+r \right )}{16 r^{6}+176 r^{5}+760 r^{4}+1640 r^{3}+1849 r^{2}+1019 r +210}\) \(\frac {1}{7}\)
\(b_{5}\) \(-\frac {\left (6+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{32 r^{7}+496 r^{6}+3104 r^{5}+10120 r^{4}+18458 r^{3}+18679 r^{2}+9591 r +1890}\) \(-{\frac {1}{45}}\)

For \(n = 6\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ b_{6}=\frac {\left (8+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{64 r^{8}+1344 r^{7}+11664 r^{6}+54384 r^{5}+148236 r^{4}+240396 r^{3}+224651 r^{2}+109281 r +20790} \] Which for the root \(r = 0\) becomes \[ b_{6}={\frac {4}{1485}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(b_{n ,r}\) \(b_{n}\)
\(b_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(b_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-3\)
\(b_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(2\)
\(b_{3}\) \(-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30}\) \(-{\frac {2}{3}}\)
\(b_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (5+r \right ) \left (6+r \right )}{16 r^{6}+176 r^{5}+760 r^{4}+1640 r^{3}+1849 r^{2}+1019 r +210}\) \(\frac {1}{7}\)
\(b_{5}\) \(-\frac {\left (6+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{32 r^{7}+496 r^{6}+3104 r^{5}+10120 r^{4}+18458 r^{3}+18679 r^{2}+9591 r +1890}\) \(-{\frac {1}{45}}\)
\(b_{6}\) \(\frac {\left (8+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{64 r^{8}+1344 r^{7}+11664 r^{6}+54384 r^{5}+148236 r^{4}+240396 r^{3}+224651 r^{2}+109281 r +20790}\) \(\frac {4}{1485}\)

For \(n = 7\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ b_{7}=-\frac {\left (9+r \right ) \left (8+r \right )}{128 r^{9}+3520 r^{8}+40800 r^{7}+260400 r^{6}+1003464 r^{5}+2407860 r^{4}+3574450 r^{3}+3139025 r^{2}+1462233 r +270270} \] Which for the root \(r = 0\) becomes \[ b_{7}=-{\frac {4}{15015}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(b_{n ,r}\) \(b_{n}\)
\(b_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(b_{1}\) \(\frac {-3-r}{2 r^{2}+3 r +1}\) \(-3\)
\(b_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{4 r^{4}+20 r^{3}+35 r^{2}+25 r +6}\) \(2\)
\(b_{3}\) \(-\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{8 r^{5}+60 r^{4}+170 r^{3}+225 r^{2}+137 r +30}\) \(-{\frac {2}{3}}\)
\(b_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (5+r \right ) \left (6+r \right )}{16 r^{6}+176 r^{5}+760 r^{4}+1640 r^{3}+1849 r^{2}+1019 r +210}\) \(\frac {1}{7}\)
\(b_{5}\) \(-\frac {\left (6+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{32 r^{7}+496 r^{6}+3104 r^{5}+10120 r^{4}+18458 r^{3}+18679 r^{2}+9591 r +1890}\) \(-{\frac {1}{45}}\)
\(b_{6}\) \(\frac {\left (8+r \right ) \left (7+r \right )}{64 r^{8}+1344 r^{7}+11664 r^{6}+54384 r^{5}+148236 r^{4}+240396 r^{3}+224651 r^{2}+109281 r +20790}\) \(\frac {4}{1485}\)
\(b_{7}\) \(-\frac {\left (9+r \right ) \left (8+r \right )}{128 r^{9}+3520 r^{8}+40800 r^{7}+260400 r^{6}+1003464 r^{5}+2407860 r^{4}+3574450 r^{3}+3139025 r^{2}+1462233 r +270270}\) \(-{\frac {4}{15015}}\)

Using the above table, then the solution \(y_{2}\left (x \right )\) is \begin {align*} y_{2}\left (x \right )&= b_{0}+b_{1} x +b_{2} x^{2}+b_{3} x^{3}+b_{4} x^{4}+b_{5} x^{5}+b_{6} x^{6}+b_{7} x^{7}+b_{8} x^{8}\dots \\ &= 1-3 x +2 x^{2}-\frac {2 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {x^{4}}{7}-\frac {x^{5}}{45}+\frac {4 x^{6}}{1485}-\frac {4 x^{7}}{15015}+O\left (x^{8}\right ) \end {align*}

Therefore the homogeneous solution is \begin{align*} y_h(x) &= c_{1} y_{1}\left (x \right )+c_{2} y_{2}\left (x \right ) \\ &= c_{1} \sqrt {x}\, \left (1-\frac {7 x}{6}+\frac {21 x^{2}}{40}-\frac {11 x^{3}}{80}+\frac {143 x^{4}}{5760}-\frac {13 x^{5}}{3840}+\frac {17 x^{6}}{46080}-\frac {323 x^{7}}{9676800}+O\left (x^{8}\right )\right ) + c_{2} \left (1-3 x +2 x^{2}-\frac {2 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {x^{4}}{7}-\frac {x^{5}}{45}+\frac {4 x^{6}}{1485}-\frac {4 x^{7}}{15015}+O\left (x^{8}\right )\right ) \\ \end{align*} Hence the final solution is \begin{align*} y &= y_h \\ &= c_{1} \sqrt {x}\, \left (1-\frac {7 x}{6}+\frac {21 x^{2}}{40}-\frac {11 x^{3}}{80}+\frac {143 x^{4}}{5760}-\frac {13 x^{5}}{3840}+\frac {17 x^{6}}{46080}-\frac {323 x^{7}}{9676800}+O\left (x^{8}\right )\right )+c_{2} \left (1-3 x +2 x^{2}-\frac {2 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {x^{4}}{7}-\frac {x^{5}}{45}+\frac {4 x^{6}}{1485}-\frac {4 x^{7}}{15015}+O\left (x^{8}\right )\right ) \\ \end{align*}

Summary

The solution(s) found are the following \begin{align*} \tag{1} y &= c_{1} \sqrt {x}\, \left (1-\frac {7 x}{6}+\frac {21 x^{2}}{40}-\frac {11 x^{3}}{80}+\frac {143 x^{4}}{5760}-\frac {13 x^{5}}{3840}+\frac {17 x^{6}}{46080}-\frac {323 x^{7}}{9676800}+O\left (x^{8}\right )\right )+c_{2} \left (1-3 x +2 x^{2}-\frac {2 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {x^{4}}{7}-\frac {x^{5}}{45}+\frac {4 x^{6}}{1485}-\frac {4 x^{7}}{15015}+O\left (x^{8}\right )\right ) \\ \end{align*}

Verification of solutions

\[ y = c_{1} \sqrt {x}\, \left (1-\frac {7 x}{6}+\frac {21 x^{2}}{40}-\frac {11 x^{3}}{80}+\frac {143 x^{4}}{5760}-\frac {13 x^{5}}{3840}+\frac {17 x^{6}}{46080}-\frac {323 x^{7}}{9676800}+O\left (x^{8}\right )\right )+c_{2} \left (1-3 x +2 x^{2}-\frac {2 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {x^{4}}{7}-\frac {x^{5}}{45}+\frac {4 x^{6}}{1485}-\frac {4 x^{7}}{15015}+O\left (x^{8}\right )\right ) \] Verified OK.

19.16.1 Maple step by step solution

\[ \begin {array}{lll} & {} & \textrm {Let's solve}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & 2 x \left (\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }\right )+\left (x +1\right ) y^{\prime }+3 y=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Highest derivative means the order of the ODE is}\hspace {3pt} 2 \\ {} & {} & \frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime } \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Isolate 2nd derivative}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }=-\frac {\left (x +1\right ) y^{\prime }}{2 x}-\frac {3 y}{2 x} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Group terms with}\hspace {3pt} y\hspace {3pt}\textrm {on the lhs of the ODE and the rest on the rhs of the ODE; ODE is linear}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }+\frac {\left (x +1\right ) y^{\prime }}{2 x}+\frac {3 y}{2 x}=0 \\ \square & {} & \textrm {Check to see if}\hspace {3pt} x_{0}=0\hspace {3pt}\textrm {is a regular singular point}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Define functions}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \left [P_{2}\left (x \right )=\frac {x +1}{2 x}, P_{3}\left (x \right )=\frac {3}{2 x}\right ] \\ {} & \circ & x \cdot P_{2}\left (x \right )\textrm {is analytic at}\hspace {3pt} x =0 \\ {} & {} & \left (x \cdot P_{2}\left (x \right )\right )\bigg | {\mstack {}{_{x \hiderel {=}0}}}=\frac {1}{2} \\ {} & \circ & x^{2}\cdot P_{3}\left (x \right )\textrm {is analytic at}\hspace {3pt} x =0 \\ {} & {} & \left (x^{2}\cdot P_{3}\left (x \right )\right )\bigg | {\mstack {}{_{x \hiderel {=}0}}}=0 \\ {} & \circ & x =0\textrm {is a regular singular point}\hspace {3pt} \\ & {} & \textrm {Check to see if}\hspace {3pt} x_{0}=0\hspace {3pt}\textrm {is a regular singular point}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & x_{0}=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Multiply by denominators}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & 2 x \left (\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }\right )+\left (x +1\right ) y^{\prime }+3 y=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Assume series solution for}\hspace {3pt} y \\ {} & {} & y=\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =0}{\sum }}a_{k} x^{k +r} \\ \square & {} & \textrm {Rewrite ODE with series expansions}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Convert}\hspace {3pt} x^{m}\cdot y^{\prime }\hspace {3pt}\textrm {to series expansion for}\hspace {3pt} m =0..1 \\ {} & {} & x^{m}\cdot y^{\prime }=\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =0}{\sum }}a_{k} \left (k +r \right ) x^{k +r -1+m} \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Shift index using}\hspace {3pt} k \mathrm {->}k +1-m \\ {} & {} & x^{m}\cdot y^{\prime }=\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =-1+m}{\sum }}a_{k +1-m} \left (k +1-m +r \right ) x^{k +r} \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Convert}\hspace {3pt} x \cdot \left (\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }\right )\hspace {3pt}\textrm {to series expansion}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & x \cdot \left (\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }\right )=\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =0}{\sum }}a_{k} \left (k +r \right ) \left (k +r -1\right ) x^{k +r -1} \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Shift index using}\hspace {3pt} k \mathrm {->}k +1 \\ {} & {} & x \cdot \left (\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }\right )=\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =-1}{\sum }}a_{k +1} \left (k +1+r \right ) \left (k +r \right ) x^{k +r} \\ & {} & \textrm {Rewrite ODE with series expansions}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & a_{0} r \left (-1+2 r \right ) x^{-1+r}+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =0}{\sum }}\left (a_{k +1} \left (k +1+r \right ) \left (2 k +1+2 r \right )+a_{k} \left (k +r +3\right )\right ) x^{k +r}\right )=0 \\ \bullet & {} & a_{0}\textrm {cannot be 0 by assumption, giving the indicial equation}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & r \left (-1+2 r \right )=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Values of r that satisfy the indicial equation}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & r \in \left \{0, \frac {1}{2}\right \} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Each term in the series must be 0, giving the recursion relation}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & 2 \left (k +1+r \right ) \left (k +\frac {1}{2}+r \right ) a_{k +1}+a_{k} \left (k +r +3\right )=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Recursion relation that defines series solution to ODE}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & a_{k +1}=-\frac {a_{k} \left (k +r +3\right )}{\left (k +1+r \right ) \left (2 k +1+2 r \right )} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Recursion relation for}\hspace {3pt} r =0 \\ {} & {} & a_{k +1}=-\frac {a_{k} \left (k +3\right )}{\left (k +1\right ) \left (2 k +1\right )} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solution for}\hspace {3pt} r =0 \\ {} & {} & \left [y=\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =0}{\sum }}a_{k} x^{k}, a_{k +1}=-\frac {a_{k} \left (k +3\right )}{\left (k +1\right ) \left (2 k +1\right )}\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Recursion relation for}\hspace {3pt} r =\frac {1}{2} \\ {} & {} & a_{k +1}=-\frac {a_{k} \left (k +\frac {7}{2}\right )}{\left (k +\frac {3}{2}\right ) \left (2 k +2\right )} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solution for}\hspace {3pt} r =\frac {1}{2} \\ {} & {} & \left [y=\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =0}{\sum }}a_{k} x^{k +\frac {1}{2}}, a_{k +1}=-\frac {a_{k} \left (k +\frac {7}{2}\right )}{\left (k +\frac {3}{2}\right ) \left (2 k +2\right )}\right ] \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Combine solutions and rename parameters}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \left [y=\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =0}{\sum }}a_{k} x^{k}\right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =0}{\sum }}b_{k} x^{k +\frac {1}{2}}\right ), a_{k +1}=-\frac {a_{k} \left (k +3\right )}{\left (k +1\right ) \left (2 k +1\right )}, b_{k +1}=-\frac {b_{k} \left (k +\frac {7}{2}\right )}{\left (k +\frac {3}{2}\right ) \left (2 k +2\right )}\right ] \end {array} \]

Maple trace Kovacic algorithm successful

`Methods for second order ODEs: 
--- Trying classification methods --- 
trying a quadrature 
checking if the LODE has constant coefficients 
checking if the LODE is of Euler type 
trying a symmetry of the form [xi=0, eta=F(x)] 
checking if the LODE is missing y 
-> Trying a Liouvillian solution using Kovacics algorithm 
   A Liouvillian solution exists 
   Reducible group (found an exponential solution) 
   Group is reducible, not completely reducible 
   Solution has integrals. Trying a special function solution free of integrals... 
   -> Trying a solution in terms of special functions: 
      -> Bessel 
      -> elliptic 
      -> Legendre 
      <- Kummer successful 
   <- special function solution successful 
      Solution using Kummer functions still has integrals. Trying a hypergeometric solution. 
      -> hyper3: Equivalence to 2F1, 1F1 or 0F1 under a power @ Moebius 
      <- hyper3 successful: received ODE is equivalent to the 1F1 ODE 
      -> Trying to convert hypergeometric functions to elementary form... 
      <- elementary form for at least one hypergeometric solution is achieved - returning with no uncomputed integrals 
   <- Kovacics algorithm successful`
 

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.015 (sec). Leaf size: 52

Order:=8; 
dsolve(2*x*diff(y(x),x$2)+(x+1)*diff(y(x),x)+3*y(x)=0,y(x),type='series',x=0);
 

\[ y \left (x \right ) = c_{1} \sqrt {x}\, \left (1-\frac {7}{6} x +\frac {21}{40} x^{2}-\frac {11}{80} x^{3}+\frac {143}{5760} x^{4}-\frac {13}{3840} x^{5}+\frac {17}{46080} x^{6}-\frac {323}{9676800} x^{7}+\operatorname {O}\left (x^{8}\right )\right )+c_{2} \left (1-3 x +2 x^{2}-\frac {2}{3} x^{3}+\frac {1}{7} x^{4}-\frac {1}{45} x^{5}+\frac {4}{1485} x^{6}-\frac {4}{15015} x^{7}+\operatorname {O}\left (x^{8}\right )\right ) \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.047 (sec). Leaf size: 106

AsymptoticDSolveValue[2*x*x*y''[x]+(x+1)*y'[x]+3*y[x]==0,y[x],{x,0,7}]
 

\[ y(x)\to c_1 \left (-\frac {1386072 x^7}{35}+\frac {20088 x^6}{5}-\frac {2511 x^5}{5}+81 x^4-18 x^3+6 x^2-3 x+1\right )+c_2 e^{\left .\frac {1}{2}\right /x} \left (\frac {257243688 x^7}{35}+\frac {2381886 x^6}{5}+\frac {176436 x^5}{5}+3042 x^4+312 x^3+39 x^2+6 x+1\right ) x^{3/2} \]