18.1 problem Example 11.5.2 page 763

18.1.1 Maple step by step solution

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Book: Differential equations and linear algebra, Stephen W. Goode and Scott A Annin. Fourth edition, 2015
Section: Chapter 11, Series Solutions to Linear Differential Equations. Exercises for 11.5. page 771
Problem number: Example 11.5.2 page 763.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

The type(s) of ODE detected by this program : "second order series method. Regular singular point. Repeated root"

Maple gives the following as the ode type

[[_2nd_order, _with_linear_symmetries]]

\[ \boxed {x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }-x \left (3+x \right ) y^{\prime }+\left (4-x \right ) y=0} \] 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. \[ x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }+\left (-x^{2}-3 x \right ) y^{\prime }+\left (4-x \right ) y = 0 \] 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 {3+x}{x}\\ q(x) &= -\frac {x -4}{x^{2}}\\ \end {align*}

Table 189: Table \(p(x),q(x)\) singularites.
\(p(x)=-\frac {3+x}{x}\)
singularity type
\(x = 0\) \(\text {``regular''}\)
\(q(x)=-\frac {x -4}{x^{2}}\)
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 \[ x^{2} y^{\prime \prime }+\left (-x^{2}-3 x \right ) y^{\prime }+\left (4-x \right ) y = 0 \] 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} x^{2} \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^{2}-3 x \right ) \left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (n +r \right ) a_{n} x^{n +r -1}\right )+\left (4-x \right ) \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 }}x^{n +r} a_{n} \left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right )\right )+\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (-x^{1+n +r} a_{n} \left (n +r \right )\right )+\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (-3 x^{n +r} a_{n} \left (n +r \right )\right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}4 a_{n} x^{n +r}\right )+\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (-x^{1+n +r} a_{n}\right ) = 0 \end{equation} The next step is to make all powers of \(x\) be \(n +r\) in each summation term. Going over each summation term above with power of \(x\) in it which is not already \(x^{n +r}\) and adjusting the power and the corresponding index gives \begin{align*} \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (-x^{1+n +r} a_{n} \left (n +r \right )\right ) &= \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}\left (-a_{n -1} \left (n +r -1\right ) x^{n +r}\right ) \\ \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (-x^{1+n +r} a_{n}\right ) &= \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}\left (-a_{n -1} x^{n +r}\right ) \\ \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 \(n +r\). \begin{equation} \tag{2B} \left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}x^{n +r} a_{n} \left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right )\right )+\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}\left (-a_{n -1} \left (n +r -1\right ) x^{n +r}\right )+\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}\left (-3 x^{n +r} a_{n} \left (n +r \right )\right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}4 a_{n} x^{n +r}\right )+\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}\left (-a_{n -1} x^{n +r}\right ) = 0 \end{equation} The indicial equation is obtained from \(n = 0\). From Eq (2B) this gives \[ x^{n +r} a_{n} \left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right )-3 x^{n +r} a_{n} \left (n +r \right )+4 a_{n} x^{n +r} = 0 \] When \(n = 0\) the above becomes \[ x^{r} a_{0} r \left (-1+r \right )-3 x^{r} a_{0} r +4 a_{0} x^{r} = 0 \] Or \[ \left (x^{r} r \left (-1+r \right )-3 x^{r} r +4 x^{r}\right ) a_{0} = 0 \] Since \(a_{0}\neq 0\) then the above simplifies to \[ \left (-2+r \right )^{2} x^{r} = 0 \] Since the above is true for all \(x\) then the indicial equation becomes \[ \left (-2+r \right )^{2} = 0 \] Solving for \(r\) gives the roots of the indicial equation as \begin {align*} r_1 &= 2\\ r_2 &= 2 \end {align*}

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

Since the root of the indicial equation is repeated, then we can construct two linearly independent solutions. The first solution has the form \begin {align*} y_{1}\left (x \right ) &= \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}a_{n} x^{n +r}\tag {1A} \end {align*}

Now the second solution \(y_{2}\) is found using \begin {align*} y_{2}\left (x \right ) &= y_{1}\left (x \right ) \ln \left (x \right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}b_{n} x^{n +r}\right )\tag {1B} \end {align*}

Then the general solution will be \[ y = c_{1} y_{1}\left (x \right )+c_{2} y_{2}\left (x \right ) \] In Eq (1B) the sum starts from 1 and not zero. In Eq (1A), \(a_{0}\) is never zero, and is arbitrary and is typically taken as \(a_{0} = 1\), and \(\{c_{1}, c_{2}\}\) are two arbitray constants of integration which can be found from initial conditions. Using the value of the indicial root found earlier, \(r = 2\), Eqs (1A,1B) become \begin {align*} y_{1}\left (x \right ) &= \moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =0}{\sum }}a_{n} x^{n +2}\\ y_{2}\left (x \right ) &= y_{1}\left (x \right ) \ln \left (x \right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}b_{n} x^{n +2}\right ) \end {align*}

We start by finding the first solution \(y_{1}\left (x \right )\). 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} a_{n} \left (n +r \right ) \left (n +r -1\right )-a_{n -1} \left (n +r -1\right )-3 a_{n} \left (n +r \right )+4 a_{n}-a_{n -1} = 0 \end{equation} Solving for \(a_{n}\) from recursive equation (4) gives \[ a_{n} = \frac {a_{n -1} \left (n +r \right )}{n^{2}+2 n r +r^{2}-4 n -4 r +4}\tag {4} \] Which for the root \(r = 2\) becomes \[ a_{n} = \frac {a_{n -1} \left (n +2\right )}{n^{2}}\tag {5} \] At this point, it is a good idea to keep track of \(a_{n}\) in a table both before substituting \(r = 2\) 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 \[ a_{1}=\frac {1+r}{\left (-1+r \right )^{2}} \] Which for the root \(r = 2\) becomes \[ a_{1}=3 \] And the table now becomes

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

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

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

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

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(a_{1}\) \(\frac {1+r}{\left (-1+r \right )^{2}}\) \(3\)
\(a_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (1+r \right ) \left (2+r \right )}{\left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(3\)
\(a_{3}\) \(\frac {\left (2+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{\left (1+r \right ) \left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(\frac {5}{3}\)

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

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(a_{1}\) \(\frac {1+r}{\left (-1+r \right )^{2}}\) \(3\)
\(a_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (1+r \right ) \left (2+r \right )}{\left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(3\)
\(a_{3}\) \(\frac {\left (2+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{\left (1+r \right ) \left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(\frac {5}{3}\)
\(a_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (3+r \right ) \left (4+r \right )}{\left (1+r \right ) \left (2+r \right ) \left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(\frac {5}{8}\)

For \(n = 5\), using the above recursive equation gives \[ a_{5}=\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{\left (1+r \right ) \left (2+r \right ) \left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2} \left (3+r \right )} \] Which for the root \(r = 2\) becomes \[ a_{5}={\frac {7}{40}} \] And the table now becomes

\(n\) \(a_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\)
\(a_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\)
\(a_{1}\) \(\frac {1+r}{\left (-1+r \right )^{2}}\) \(3\)
\(a_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (1+r \right ) \left (2+r \right )}{\left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(3\)
\(a_{3}\) \(\frac {\left (2+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{\left (1+r \right ) \left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(\frac {5}{3}\)
\(a_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (3+r \right ) \left (4+r \right )}{\left (1+r \right ) \left (2+r \right ) \left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(\frac {5}{8}\)
\(a_{5}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{\left (1+r \right ) \left (2+r \right ) \left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2} \left (3+r \right )}\) \(\frac {7}{40}\)

Using the above table, then the first solution \(y_{1}\left (x \right )\) is \begin{align*} y_{1}\left (x \right )&= x^{2} \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}\dots \right ) \\ &= x^{2} \left (3 x^{2}+3 x +1+\frac {5 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {5 x^{4}}{8}+\frac {7 x^{5}}{40}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right ) \\ \end{align*} Now the second solution is found. The second solution is given by \[ y_{2}\left (x \right ) = y_{1}\left (x \right ) \ln \left (x \right )+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {n =1}{\sum }}b_{n} x^{n +r}\right ) \] Where \(b_{n}\) is found using \[ b_{n} = \frac {d}{d r}a_{n ,r} \] And the above is then evaluated at \(r = 2\). The above table for \(a_{n ,r}\) is used for this purpose. Computing the derivatives gives the following table

\(n\) \(b_{n ,r}\) \(a_{n}\) \(b_{n ,r} = \frac {d}{d r}a_{n ,r}\) \(b_{n}\left (r =2\right )\)
\(b_{0}\) \(1\) \(1\) N/A since \(b_{n}\) starts from 1 N/A
\(b_{1}\) \(\frac {1+r}{\left (-1+r \right )^{2}}\) \(3\) \(\frac {-3-r}{\left (-1+r \right )^{3}}\) \(-5\)
\(b_{2}\) \(\frac {\left (1+r \right ) \left (2+r \right )}{\left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(3\) \(\frac {-2 r^{3}-9 r^{2}-5 r +4}{\left (-1+r \right )^{3} r^{3}}\) \(-{\frac {29}{4}}\)
\(b_{3}\) \(\frac {\left (2+r \right ) \left (3+r \right )}{\left (1+r \right ) \left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(\frac {5}{3}\) \(\frac {-3 r^{4}-21 r^{3}-35 r^{2}-r +12}{\left (1+r \right )^{2} \left (-1+r \right )^{3} r^{3}}\) \(-{\frac {173}{36}}\)
\(b_{4}\) \(\frac {\left (3+r \right ) \left (4+r \right )}{\left (1+r \right ) \left (2+r \right ) \left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2}}\) \(\frac {5}{8}\) \(\frac {-4 r^{5}-42 r^{4}-136 r^{3}-132 r^{2}+26 r +48}{\left (1+r \right )^{2} \left (2+r \right )^{2} \left (-1+r \right )^{3} r^{3}}\) \(-{\frac {193}{96}}\)
\(b_{5}\) \(\frac {\left (4+r \right ) \left (5+r \right )}{\left (1+r \right ) \left (2+r \right ) \left (-1+r \right )^{2} r^{2} \left (3+r \right )}\) \(\frac {7}{40}\) \(\frac {-5 r^{6}-75 r^{5}-395 r^{4}-855 r^{3}-584 r^{2}+234 r +240}{\left (1+r \right )^{2} \left (2+r \right )^{2} \left (-1+r \right )^{3} r^{3} \left (3+r \right )^{2}}\) \(-{\frac {1459}{2400}}\)

The above table gives all values of \(b_{n}\) needed. Hence the second solution is \begin{align*} y_{2}\left (x \right )&=y_{1}\left (x \right ) \ln \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}\dots \\ &= x^{2} \left (3 x^{2}+3 x +1+\frac {5 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {5 x^{4}}{8}+\frac {7 x^{5}}{40}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right ) \ln \left (x \right )+x^{2} \left (-5 x -\frac {29 x^{2}}{4}-\frac {173 x^{3}}{36}-\frac {193 x^{4}}{96}-\frac {1459 x^{5}}{2400}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\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} x^{2} \left (3 x^{2}+3 x +1+\frac {5 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {5 x^{4}}{8}+\frac {7 x^{5}}{40}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right ) + c_{2} \left (x^{2} \left (3 x^{2}+3 x +1+\frac {5 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {5 x^{4}}{8}+\frac {7 x^{5}}{40}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right ) \ln \left (x \right )+x^{2} \left (-5 x -\frac {29 x^{2}}{4}-\frac {173 x^{3}}{36}-\frac {193 x^{4}}{96}-\frac {1459 x^{5}}{2400}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right )\right ) \\ \end{align*} Hence the final solution is \begin{align*} y &= y_h \\ &= c_{1} x^{2} \left (3 x^{2}+3 x +1+\frac {5 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {5 x^{4}}{8}+\frac {7 x^{5}}{40}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right )+c_{2} \left (x^{2} \left (3 x^{2}+3 x +1+\frac {5 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {5 x^{4}}{8}+\frac {7 x^{5}}{40}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right ) \ln \left (x \right )+x^{2} \left (-5 x -\frac {29 x^{2}}{4}-\frac {173 x^{3}}{36}-\frac {193 x^{4}}{96}-\frac {1459 x^{5}}{2400}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right )\right ) \\ \end{align*}

Summary

The solution(s) found are the following \begin{align*} \tag{1} y &= c_{1} x^{2} \left (3 x^{2}+3 x +1+\frac {5 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {5 x^{4}}{8}+\frac {7 x^{5}}{40}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right )+c_{2} \left (x^{2} \left (3 x^{2}+3 x +1+\frac {5 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {5 x^{4}}{8}+\frac {7 x^{5}}{40}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right ) \ln \left (x \right )+x^{2} \left (-5 x -\frac {29 x^{2}}{4}-\frac {173 x^{3}}{36}-\frac {193 x^{4}}{96}-\frac {1459 x^{5}}{2400}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right )\right ) \\ \end{align*}

Verification of solutions

\[ y = c_{1} x^{2} \left (3 x^{2}+3 x +1+\frac {5 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {5 x^{4}}{8}+\frac {7 x^{5}}{40}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right )+c_{2} \left (x^{2} \left (3 x^{2}+3 x +1+\frac {5 x^{3}}{3}+\frac {5 x^{4}}{8}+\frac {7 x^{5}}{40}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right ) \ln \left (x \right )+x^{2} \left (-5 x -\frac {29 x^{2}}{4}-\frac {173 x^{3}}{36}-\frac {193 x^{4}}{96}-\frac {1459 x^{5}}{2400}+O\left (x^{6}\right )\right )\right ) \] Verified OK.

18.1.1 Maple step by step solution

\[ \begin {array}{lll} & {} & \textrm {Let's solve}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & x^{2} \left (\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }\right )+\left (-x^{2}-3 x \right ) y^{\prime }+\left (4-x \right ) 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 -4\right ) y}{x^{2}}+\frac {\left (3+x \right ) y^{\prime }}{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 (3+x \right ) y^{\prime }}{x}-\frac {\left (x -4\right ) y}{x^{2}}=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 {3+x}{x}, P_{3}\left (x \right )=-\frac {x -4}{x^{2}}\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}}}=-3 \\ {} & \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}}}=4 \\ {} & \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} \\ {} & {} & x^{2} \left (\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }\right )-x \left (3+x \right ) y^{\prime }+\left (4-x \right ) 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\hspace {3pt}\textrm {to series expansion for}\hspace {3pt} m =0..1 \\ {} & {} & x^{m}\cdot y=\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =0}{\sum }}a_{k} x^{k +r +m} \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Shift index using}\hspace {3pt} k \mathrm {->}k -m \\ {} & {} & x^{m}\cdot y=\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =m}{\sum }}a_{k -m} x^{k +r} \\ {} & \circ & \textrm {Convert}\hspace {3pt} x^{m}\cdot y^{\prime }\hspace {3pt}\textrm {to series expansion for}\hspace {3pt} m =1..2 \\ {} & {} & 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^{2}\cdot \left (\frac {d}{d x}y^{\prime }\right )\hspace {3pt}\textrm {to series expansion}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & x^{2}\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} \\ & {} & \textrm {Rewrite ODE with series expansions}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & a_{0} \left (-2+r \right )^{2} x^{r}+\left (\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =1}{\sum }}\left (a_{k} \left (k +r -2\right )^{2}-a_{k -1} \left (k +r \right )\right ) x^{k +r}\right )=0 \\ \bullet & {} & a_{0}\textrm {cannot be 0 by assumption, giving the indicial equation}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & \left (-2+r \right )^{2}=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Values of r that satisfy the indicial equation}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & r =2 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Each term in the series must be 0, giving the recursion relation}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & a_{k} \left (k +r -2\right )^{2}-a_{k -1} \left (k +r \right )=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Shift index using}\hspace {3pt} k \mathrm {->}k +1 \\ {} & {} & a_{k +1} \left (k +r -1\right )^{2}-a_{k} \left (k +r +1\right )=0 \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Recursion relation that defines series solution to ODE}\hspace {3pt} \\ {} & {} & a_{k +1}=\frac {a_{k} \left (k +r +1\right )}{\left (k +r -1\right )^{2}} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Recursion relation for}\hspace {3pt} r =2 \\ {} & {} & a_{k +1}=\frac {a_{k} \left (k +3\right )}{\left (k +1\right )^{2}} \\ \bullet & {} & \textrm {Solution for}\hspace {3pt} r =2 \\ {} & {} & \left [y=\moverset {\infty }{\munderset {k =0}{\sum }}a_{k} x^{k +2}, a_{k +1}=\frac {a_{k} \left (k +3\right )}{\left (k +1\right )^{2}}\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 
<- Kovacics algorithm successful`
 

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.0 (sec). Leaf size: 69

Order:=6; 
dsolve(x^2*diff(y(x),x$2)-x*(3+x)*diff(y(x),x)+(4-x)*y(x)=0,y(x),type='series',x=0);
 

\[ y \left (x \right ) = \left (\left (\left (-5\right ) x -\frac {29}{4} x^{2}-\frac {173}{36} x^{3}-\frac {193}{96} x^{4}-\frac {1459}{2400} x^{5}+\operatorname {O}\left (x^{6}\right )\right ) c_{2} +\left (1+3 x +3 x^{2}+\frac {5}{3} x^{3}+\frac {5}{8} x^{4}+\frac {7}{40} x^{5}+\operatorname {O}\left (x^{6}\right )\right ) \left (c_{2} \ln \left (x \right )+c_{1} \right )\right ) x^{2} \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.005 (sec). Leaf size: 118

AsymptoticDSolveValue[x^2*y''[x]-x*(3+x)*y'[x]+(4-x)*y[x]==0,y[x],{x,0,5}]
 

\[ y(x)\to c_1 \left (\frac {7 x^5}{40}+\frac {5 x^4}{8}+\frac {5 x^3}{3}+3 x^2+3 x+1\right ) x^2+c_2 \left (\left (-\frac {1459 x^5}{2400}-\frac {193 x^4}{96}-\frac {173 x^3}{36}-\frac {29 x^2}{4}-5 x\right ) x^2+\left (\frac {7 x^5}{40}+\frac {5 x^4}{8}+\frac {5 x^3}{3}+3 x^2+3 x+1\right ) x^2 \log (x)\right ) \]