Knowledge

Regular singular point

Source 📝

33: 1509: 2395: 3039: 1028: 2227: 2511: 1340: 1769: 2852: 2688: 1931: 667: 324: 1378: 2242: 2089: 895: 2870: 2591: 1848: 899: 516:
has less to say in general, and the solutions are harder to study, except in terms of their asymptotic expansions. The irregularity of an irregular singularity is measured by the
2096: 2413: 1217: 150: 128: 471: 1193: 1153: 1113: 1077: 1624: 1619: 822: 1957: 1798: 2707: 2598: 1853: 207: 1198:
Listed below are several examples from ordinary differential equations from mathematical physics that have singular points and known solutions.
62: 1982: 827: 17: 2528: 559: 3237: 360:
may be applied to move ∞ into the finite part of the complex plane if required, see example on Bessel differential equation below.
3203: 1804: 180:, where the full solution set requires functions with higher growth rates. This distinction occurs, for example, between the 1504:{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}f}{dx^{2}}}+{\frac {1}{x}}{\frac {df}{dx}}+\left(1-{\frac {\alpha ^{2}}{x^{2}}}\right)f=0.} 84: 2390:{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}f}{dx^{2}}}-{\frac {2x}{1-x^{2}}}{\frac {df}{dx}}+{\frac {\ell (\ell +1)}{1-x^{2}}}f=0.} 55: 2407:
One encounters this ordinary second order differential equation in solving the one-dimensional time independent
434: 3071: 539: 102: 3034:{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}f}{dz^{2}}}+{\frac {c-(a+b+1)z}{z(1-z)}}{\frac {df}{dz}}-{\frac {ab}{z(1-z)}}f=0.} 3195: 3165: 3119: 3155: 3220: 3160: 3114: 2514: 189: 3109: 3242: 542:
whose only singular points, including the point at infinity, are regular singular points is called a
165: 45: 3191: 49: 41: 1584: 357: 133: 111: 3044: 1211: 474: 181: 2408: 790:
We can check whether there is an irregular singular point at infinity by using the substitution
1156: 66: 1162: 1122: 1082: 1046: 3061: 1976: 1972: 1207: 1023:{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}f}{dx^{2}}}=w^{4}{\frac {d^{2}f}{dw^{2}}}+2w^{3}{\frac {df}{dw}}} 513: 342: 2222:{\displaystyle \left(1-x^{2}\right){d^{2}f \over dx^{2}}-2x{df \over dx}+\ell (\ell +1)f=0.} 1590: 793: 1971:
This is an ordinary differential equation of second order. It is found in the solution of
1206:
This is an ordinary differential equation of second order. It is found in the solution to
8: 3173: 3127: 2693: 1936: 1777: 1115:
are quotients of polynomials, then there will be an irregular singular point at infinite
3043:
This differential equation has regular singular points at 0, 1 and ∞. A solution is the
3083: 173: 3134: 2506:{\displaystyle E\psi =-{\frac {\hbar ^{2}}{2m}}{\frac {d^{2}\psi }{dx^{2}}}+V(x)\psi } 1335:{\displaystyle x^{2}{\frac {d^{2}f}{dx^{2}}}+x{\frac {df}{dx}}+(x^{2}-\alpha ^{2})f=0} 3199: 3185: 3067: 531:
condition, in the sense that the allowed poles are in a region, when plotted against
368: 353: 157: 517: 486: 364: 3212: 1354: 544: 509: 404: 185: 2692:
This differential equation has an irregular singularity at ∞. Its solutions are
1933:
has a pole of fourth order. Thus, this equation has an irregular singularity at
1764:{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}f}{dw^{2}}}+{\frac {1}{w}}{\frac {df}{dw}}+\leftf=0} 1343: 528: 408: 349: 3139: 3231: 3181: 3140:
A Course in Mathematical Analysis, Volume II, Part II: Differential Equations
3057: 420: 395:
need not be an integer; this function may exist, therefore, only thanks to a
106: 3216: 3097: 2847:{\displaystyle z(1-z){\frac {d^{2}f}{dz^{2}}}+\left{\frac {df}{dz}}-abf=0.} 372: 168:. Then amongst singular points, an important distinction is made between a 1159:
at least one more than the degree of its numerator and the denominator of
3090: 2595:
This leads to the following ordinary second order differential equation:
98: 2683:{\displaystyle {\frac {d^{2}f}{dx^{2}}}-2x{\frac {df}{dx}}+\lambda f=0.} 1926:{\displaystyle p_{0}(w)={\frac {1}{w^{4}}}-{\frac {\alpha ^{2}}{w^{2}}}} 396: 172:, where the growth of solutions is bounded (in any small sector) by an 200:
More precisely, consider an ordinary linear differential equation of
2399:
This differential equation has regular singular points at ±1 and ∞.
3128:
Theory of Differential Equations Vol. IV: Ordinary Linear Equations
551: 1362: 1195:
is of degree at least two more than the degree of its numerator.
192:, but where the analytic properties are substantially different. 3102:
An Introduction to the Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable
319:{\displaystyle f^{(n)}(z)+\sum _{i=0}^{n-1}p_{i}(z)f^{(i)}(z)=0} 2084:{\displaystyle {\frac {d}{dx}}\left+\ell (\ell +1)f=0.} 1357:). The most common and important special case is where 890:{\displaystyle {\frac {df}{dx}}=-w^{2}{\frac {df}{dw}}} 3187:
Ordinary Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
2873: 2710: 2601: 2586:{\displaystyle V(x)={\frac {1}{2}}m\omega ^{2}x^{2}.} 2531: 2416: 2245: 2099: 1985: 1939: 1856: 1807: 1780: 1627: 1593: 1573:. Thus this equation has a regular singularity at 0. 1381: 1220: 1165: 1125: 1085: 1049: 1032:
We can thus transform the equation to an equation in
902: 830: 796: 562: 437: 210: 136: 114: 662:{\displaystyle f''(x)+p_{1}(x)f'(x)+p_{0}(x)f(x)=0.} 3224:
pp. 188−ff. (Cambridge University Press, 1915)
371:may be applied to find possible solutions that are 3082: 3080: 3033: 2846: 2682: 2585: 2505: 2389: 2221: 2083: 1951: 1925: 1842: 1792: 1763: 1613: 1503: 1334: 1187: 1147: 1107: 1071: 1022: 889: 816: 661: 465: 318: 144: 122: 3060:(1995). "Heun's Equation". In A. Ronveaux (ed.). 1966: 3229: 2402: 552:Examples for second order differential equations 54:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks 3153: 3143:pp. 128−ff. (Ginn & co., Boston, 1917) 1201: 556:In this case the equation above is reduced to: 3081:Coddington, Earl A.; Levinson, Norman (1955). 184:, with three regular singular points, and the 1119:unless the polynomial in the denominator of 156:, at which the equation's coefficients are 2699: 3085:Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations 138: 116: 85:Learn how and when to remove this message 3107: 535:, bounded by a line at 45° to the axes. 3066:. Oxford University Press. p. 74. 3056: 1843:{\displaystyle p_{1}(w)={\frac {1}{w}}} 671:One distinguishes the following cases: 521: 14: 3230: 3180: 527:The regularity condition is a kind of 348:The equation should be studied on the 3177:p. 243 (MacMillan, London, 1917) 489:also can be made to work and provide 195: 2517:. In this case the potential energy 26: 24: 3131:(Cambridge University Press, 1906) 2093:Opening the square bracket gives: 415:. This presents no difficulty for 164:, at which some coefficient has a 25: 3254: 431:, which by definition means that 1621:. After performing the algebra: 548:ordinary differential equation. 356:as a possible singular point. A 31: 3238:Ordinary differential equations 3174:Functions of a Complex Variable 3148:Ordinary Differential Equations 2704:The equation may be defined as 1850:has a pole of first order, but 765:has a pole of order up to 2 at 103:ordinary differential equations 3016: 3004: 2961: 2949: 2938: 2920: 2795: 2777: 2726: 2714: 2541: 2535: 2497: 2491: 2354: 2342: 2207: 2195: 2069: 2057: 2025: 2006: 1967:Legendre differential equation 1873: 1867: 1824: 1818: 1566:has a pole of second order at 1320: 1294: 1182: 1176: 1142: 1136: 1102: 1096: 1066: 1060: 650: 644: 638: 632: 616: 610: 599: 593: 577: 571: 540:ordinary differential equation 460: 454: 307: 301: 296: 290: 282: 276: 233: 227: 222: 216: 13: 1: 3196:American Mathematical Society 3154:Il'yashenko, Yu. S. (2001) , 3063:Heun's Differential Equations 3050: 2403:Hermite differential equation 1530:has a pole of first order at 18:Regular differential equation 1202:Bessel differential equation 1036:, and check what happens at 746:has a pole up to order 1 at 145:{\displaystyle \mathbb {C} } 123:{\displaystyle \mathbb {C} } 7: 3221:A Course of Modern Analysis 3161:Encyclopedia of Mathematics 3150:, Dover Publications (1944) 3115:Encyclopedia of Mathematics 493:independent solutions near 391:in the complex plane where 10: 3259: 1371:Dividing this equation by 466:{\displaystyle p_{n-i}(z)} 3108:Fedoryuk, M. V. (2001) , 1576:To see what happens when 1342:for an arbitrary real or 3156:"Regular singular point" 1188:{\displaystyle p_{2}(x)} 1148:{\displaystyle p_{1}(x)} 1108:{\displaystyle p_{2}(x)} 1072:{\displaystyle p_{1}(x)} 784:irregular singular point 178:irregular singular point 40:This article includes a 3045:hypergeometric function 2856:Dividing both sides by 2700:Hypergeometric equation 1212:cylindrical coordinates 182:hypergeometric equation 69:more precise citations. 3035: 2848: 2684: 2587: 2507: 2391: 2223: 2085: 1953: 1927: 1844: 1794: 1765: 1615: 1505: 1336: 1189: 1149: 1109: 1073: 1024: 891: 818: 730:regular singular point 663: 512:relating solutions by 467: 429:regular singular point 320: 265: 188:which is in a sense a 170:regular singular point 146: 124: 3036: 2849: 2685: 2588: 2508: 2392: 2224: 2086: 1977:spherical coordinates 1954: 1928: 1845: 1795: 1766: 1616: 1614:{\displaystyle x=1/w} 1585:Möbius transformation 1506: 1337: 1190: 1150: 1110: 1074: 1025: 892: 819: 817:{\displaystyle w=1/x} 664: 514:analytic continuation 506:irregular singularity 468: 375:times complex powers 358:Möbius transformation 343:meromorphic functions 321: 239: 147: 125: 2871: 2708: 2599: 2529: 2414: 2409:Schrödinger equation 2243: 2097: 1983: 1937: 1854: 1805: 1778: 1625: 1591: 1379: 1218: 1163: 1123: 1083: 1047: 900: 828: 794: 560: 500:Otherwise the point 435: 208: 152:are classified into 134: 112: 3110:"Fuchsian equation" 2694:Hermite polynomials 2515:harmonic oscillator 1952:{\displaystyle w=0} 1793:{\displaystyle w=0} 824:and the relations: 508:. In that case the 419:an ordinary point ( 399:extending out from 101:, in the theory of 3031: 2844: 2680: 2583: 2503: 2387: 2219: 2081: 1973:Laplace's equation 1949: 1923: 1840: 1790: 1761: 1611: 1501: 1332: 1208:Laplace's equation 1185: 1145: 1105: 1069: 1020: 887: 814: 659: 463: 316: 196:Formal definitions 174:algebraic function 158:analytic functions 142: 120: 42:list of references 3205:978-0-8218-8328-0 3020: 2985: 2965: 2906: 2824: 2761: 2663: 2634: 2555: 2483: 2449: 2376: 2331: 2311: 2278: 2187: 2158: 2041: 1999: 1959:corresponding to 1921: 1894: 1838: 1745: 1718: 1693: 1673: 1660: 1583:one has to use a 1485: 1447: 1427: 1414: 1289: 1263: 1018: 982: 935: 885: 849: 477:of order at most 369:indicial equation 354:point at infinity 95: 94: 87: 16:(Redirected from 3250: 3243:Complex analysis 3209: 3171:T. M. MacRobert 3168: 3122: 3094: 3088: 3077: 3040: 3038: 3037: 3032: 3021: 3019: 2999: 2991: 2986: 2984: 2976: 2968: 2966: 2964: 2944: 2912: 2907: 2905: 2904: 2903: 2890: 2886: 2885: 2875: 2866: 2853: 2851: 2850: 2845: 2825: 2823: 2815: 2807: 2805: 2801: 2762: 2760: 2759: 2758: 2745: 2741: 2740: 2730: 2689: 2687: 2686: 2681: 2664: 2662: 2654: 2646: 2635: 2633: 2632: 2631: 2618: 2614: 2613: 2603: 2592: 2590: 2589: 2584: 2579: 2578: 2569: 2568: 2556: 2548: 2512: 2510: 2509: 2504: 2484: 2482: 2481: 2480: 2467: 2463: 2462: 2452: 2450: 2448: 2440: 2439: 2430: 2396: 2394: 2393: 2388: 2377: 2375: 2374: 2373: 2357: 2337: 2332: 2330: 2322: 2314: 2312: 2310: 2309: 2308: 2292: 2284: 2279: 2277: 2276: 2275: 2262: 2258: 2257: 2247: 2238: 2231:And dividing by 2228: 2226: 2225: 2220: 2188: 2186: 2178: 2170: 2159: 2157: 2156: 2155: 2142: 2138: 2137: 2127: 2125: 2121: 2120: 2119: 2090: 2088: 2087: 2082: 2050: 2046: 2042: 2040: 2029: 2024: 2023: 2000: 1998: 1987: 1958: 1956: 1955: 1950: 1932: 1930: 1929: 1924: 1922: 1920: 1919: 1910: 1909: 1900: 1895: 1893: 1892: 1880: 1866: 1865: 1849: 1847: 1846: 1841: 1839: 1831: 1817: 1816: 1801: 1799: 1797: 1796: 1791: 1770: 1768: 1767: 1762: 1751: 1747: 1746: 1744: 1743: 1734: 1733: 1724: 1719: 1717: 1716: 1704: 1694: 1692: 1684: 1676: 1674: 1666: 1661: 1659: 1658: 1657: 1644: 1640: 1639: 1629: 1620: 1618: 1617: 1612: 1607: 1582: 1572: 1565: 1543: 1536: 1529: 1510: 1508: 1507: 1502: 1491: 1487: 1486: 1484: 1483: 1474: 1473: 1464: 1448: 1446: 1438: 1430: 1428: 1420: 1415: 1413: 1412: 1411: 1398: 1394: 1393: 1383: 1367: 1360: 1348: 1341: 1339: 1338: 1333: 1319: 1318: 1306: 1305: 1290: 1288: 1280: 1272: 1264: 1262: 1261: 1260: 1247: 1243: 1242: 1232: 1230: 1229: 1194: 1192: 1191: 1186: 1175: 1174: 1154: 1152: 1151: 1146: 1135: 1134: 1114: 1112: 1111: 1106: 1095: 1094: 1078: 1076: 1075: 1070: 1059: 1058: 1042: 1035: 1029: 1027: 1026: 1021: 1019: 1017: 1009: 1001: 999: 998: 983: 981: 980: 979: 966: 962: 961: 951: 949: 948: 936: 934: 933: 932: 919: 915: 914: 904: 896: 894: 893: 888: 886: 884: 876: 868: 866: 865: 850: 848: 840: 832: 823: 821: 820: 815: 810: 781: 778:Otherwise point 774: 764: 755: 745: 727: 720: 711:are analytic at 710: 696: 678: 668: 666: 665: 660: 631: 630: 609: 592: 591: 570: 503: 496: 492: 487:Frobenius method 484: 480: 472: 470: 469: 464: 453: 452: 426: 418: 414: 402: 394: 390: 386: 365:Frobenius method 341: 325: 323: 322: 317: 300: 299: 275: 274: 264: 253: 226: 225: 203: 151: 149: 148: 143: 141: 130:, the points of 129: 127: 126: 121: 119: 90: 83: 79: 76: 70: 65:this article by 56:inline citations 35: 34: 27: 21: 3258: 3257: 3253: 3252: 3251: 3249: 3248: 3247: 3228: 3227: 3213:E. T. Whittaker 3206: 3135:Édouard Goursat 3074: 3053: 3000: 2992: 2990: 2977: 2969: 2967: 2945: 2913: 2911: 2899: 2895: 2891: 2881: 2877: 2876: 2874: 2872: 2869: 2868: 2857: 2816: 2808: 2806: 2770: 2766: 2754: 2750: 2746: 2736: 2732: 2731: 2729: 2709: 2706: 2705: 2702: 2655: 2647: 2645: 2627: 2623: 2619: 2609: 2605: 2604: 2602: 2600: 2597: 2596: 2574: 2570: 2564: 2560: 2547: 2530: 2527: 2526: 2476: 2472: 2468: 2458: 2454: 2453: 2451: 2441: 2435: 2431: 2429: 2415: 2412: 2411: 2405: 2369: 2365: 2358: 2338: 2336: 2323: 2315: 2313: 2304: 2300: 2293: 2285: 2283: 2271: 2267: 2263: 2253: 2249: 2248: 2246: 2244: 2241: 2240: 2232: 2179: 2171: 2169: 2151: 2147: 2143: 2133: 2129: 2128: 2126: 2115: 2111: 2104: 2100: 2098: 2095: 2094: 2033: 2028: 2019: 2015: 2005: 2001: 1991: 1986: 1984: 1981: 1980: 1969: 1938: 1935: 1934: 1915: 1911: 1905: 1901: 1899: 1888: 1884: 1879: 1861: 1857: 1855: 1852: 1851: 1830: 1812: 1808: 1806: 1803: 1802: 1779: 1776: 1775: 1774: 1739: 1735: 1729: 1725: 1723: 1712: 1708: 1703: 1702: 1698: 1685: 1677: 1675: 1665: 1653: 1649: 1645: 1635: 1631: 1630: 1628: 1626: 1623: 1622: 1603: 1592: 1589: 1588: 1577: 1567: 1551: 1545: 1538: 1531: 1520: 1514: 1479: 1475: 1469: 1465: 1463: 1456: 1452: 1439: 1431: 1429: 1419: 1407: 1403: 1399: 1389: 1385: 1384: 1382: 1380: 1377: 1376: 1365: 1358: 1355:Bessel function 1346: 1314: 1310: 1301: 1297: 1281: 1273: 1271: 1256: 1252: 1248: 1238: 1234: 1233: 1231: 1225: 1221: 1219: 1216: 1215: 1204: 1170: 1166: 1164: 1161: 1160: 1130: 1126: 1124: 1121: 1120: 1090: 1086: 1084: 1081: 1080: 1054: 1050: 1048: 1045: 1044: 1037: 1033: 1010: 1002: 1000: 994: 990: 975: 971: 967: 957: 953: 952: 950: 944: 940: 928: 924: 920: 910: 906: 905: 903: 901: 898: 897: 877: 869: 867: 861: 857: 841: 833: 831: 829: 826: 825: 806: 795: 792: 791: 779: 766: 763: 757: 747: 739: 733: 725: 712: 704: 698: 690: 684: 683:when functions 676: 626: 622: 602: 587: 583: 563: 561: 558: 557: 554: 534: 510:monodromy group 501: 494: 490: 482: 478: 442: 438: 436: 433: 432: 424: 416: 412: 405:Riemann surface 400: 392: 388: 387:near any given 376: 352:to include the 335: 327: 289: 285: 270: 266: 254: 243: 215: 211: 209: 206: 205: 201: 198: 186:Bessel equation 162:singular points 154:ordinary points 137: 135: 132: 131: 115: 113: 110: 109: 91: 80: 74: 71: 60: 46:related reading 36: 32: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 3256: 3246: 3245: 3240: 3226: 3225: 3210: 3204: 3182:Teschl, Gerald 3178: 3169: 3151: 3144: 3132: 3125:A. R. Forsyth 3123: 3105: 3095: 3078: 3072: 3052: 3049: 3030: 3027: 3024: 3018: 3015: 3012: 3009: 3006: 3003: 2998: 2995: 2989: 2983: 2980: 2975: 2972: 2963: 2960: 2957: 2954: 2951: 2948: 2943: 2940: 2937: 2934: 2931: 2928: 2925: 2922: 2919: 2916: 2910: 2902: 2898: 2894: 2889: 2884: 2880: 2843: 2840: 2837: 2834: 2831: 2828: 2822: 2819: 2814: 2811: 2804: 2800: 2797: 2794: 2791: 2788: 2785: 2782: 2779: 2776: 2773: 2769: 2765: 2757: 2753: 2749: 2744: 2739: 2735: 2728: 2725: 2722: 2719: 2716: 2713: 2701: 2698: 2679: 2676: 2673: 2670: 2667: 2661: 2658: 2653: 2650: 2644: 2641: 2638: 2630: 2626: 2622: 2617: 2612: 2608: 2582: 2577: 2573: 2567: 2563: 2559: 2554: 2551: 2546: 2543: 2540: 2537: 2534: 2502: 2499: 2496: 2493: 2490: 2487: 2479: 2475: 2471: 2466: 2461: 2457: 2447: 2444: 2438: 2434: 2428: 2425: 2422: 2419: 2404: 2401: 2386: 2383: 2380: 2372: 2368: 2364: 2361: 2356: 2353: 2350: 2347: 2344: 2341: 2335: 2329: 2326: 2321: 2318: 2307: 2303: 2299: 2296: 2291: 2288: 2282: 2274: 2270: 2266: 2261: 2256: 2252: 2218: 2215: 2212: 2209: 2206: 2203: 2200: 2197: 2194: 2191: 2185: 2182: 2177: 2174: 2168: 2165: 2162: 2154: 2150: 2146: 2141: 2136: 2132: 2124: 2118: 2114: 2110: 2107: 2103: 2080: 2077: 2074: 2071: 2068: 2065: 2062: 2059: 2056: 2053: 2049: 2045: 2039: 2036: 2032: 2027: 2022: 2018: 2014: 2011: 2008: 2004: 1997: 1994: 1990: 1968: 1965: 1948: 1945: 1942: 1918: 1914: 1908: 1904: 1898: 1891: 1887: 1883: 1878: 1875: 1872: 1869: 1864: 1860: 1837: 1834: 1829: 1826: 1823: 1820: 1815: 1811: 1789: 1786: 1783: 1760: 1757: 1754: 1750: 1742: 1738: 1732: 1728: 1722: 1715: 1711: 1707: 1701: 1697: 1691: 1688: 1683: 1680: 1672: 1669: 1664: 1656: 1652: 1648: 1643: 1638: 1634: 1610: 1606: 1602: 1599: 1596: 1587:, for example 1549: 1518: 1500: 1497: 1494: 1490: 1482: 1478: 1472: 1468: 1462: 1459: 1455: 1451: 1445: 1442: 1437: 1434: 1426: 1423: 1418: 1410: 1406: 1402: 1397: 1392: 1388: 1344:complex number 1331: 1328: 1325: 1322: 1317: 1313: 1309: 1304: 1300: 1296: 1293: 1287: 1284: 1279: 1276: 1270: 1267: 1259: 1255: 1251: 1246: 1241: 1237: 1228: 1224: 1203: 1200: 1184: 1181: 1178: 1173: 1169: 1144: 1141: 1138: 1133: 1129: 1104: 1101: 1098: 1093: 1089: 1068: 1065: 1062: 1057: 1053: 1016: 1013: 1008: 1005: 997: 993: 989: 986: 978: 974: 970: 965: 960: 956: 947: 943: 939: 931: 927: 923: 918: 913: 909: 883: 880: 875: 872: 864: 860: 856: 853: 847: 844: 839: 836: 813: 809: 805: 802: 799: 788: 787: 776: 761: 737: 722: 702: 688: 681:ordinary point 658: 655: 652: 649: 646: 643: 640: 637: 634: 629: 625: 621: 618: 615: 612: 608: 605: 601: 598: 595: 590: 586: 582: 579: 576: 573: 569: 566: 553: 550: 532: 529:Newton polygon 522:Arscott (1995) 462: 459: 456: 451: 448: 445: 441: 409:punctured disc 350:Riemann sphere 331: 315: 312: 309: 306: 303: 298: 295: 292: 288: 284: 281: 278: 273: 269: 263: 260: 257: 252: 249: 246: 242: 238: 235: 232: 229: 224: 221: 218: 214: 197: 194: 140: 118: 93: 92: 50:external links 39: 37: 30: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3255: 3244: 3241: 3239: 3236: 3235: 3233: 3223: 3222: 3218: 3214: 3211: 3207: 3201: 3197: 3193: 3189: 3188: 3183: 3179: 3176: 3175: 3170: 3167: 3163: 3162: 3157: 3152: 3149: 3145: 3142: 3141: 3136: 3133: 3130: 3129: 3124: 3121: 3117: 3116: 3111: 3106: 3103: 3099: 3096: 3092: 3087: 3086: 3079: 3075: 3069: 3065: 3064: 3059: 3058:Arscott, F.M. 3055: 3054: 3048: 3046: 3041: 3028: 3025: 3022: 3013: 3010: 3007: 3001: 2996: 2993: 2987: 2981: 2978: 2973: 2970: 2958: 2955: 2952: 2946: 2941: 2935: 2932: 2929: 2926: 2923: 2917: 2914: 2908: 2900: 2896: 2892: 2887: 2882: 2878: 2864: 2860: 2854: 2841: 2838: 2835: 2832: 2829: 2826: 2820: 2817: 2812: 2809: 2802: 2798: 2792: 2789: 2786: 2783: 2780: 2774: 2771: 2767: 2763: 2755: 2751: 2747: 2742: 2737: 2733: 2723: 2720: 2717: 2711: 2697: 2695: 2690: 2677: 2674: 2671: 2668: 2665: 2659: 2656: 2651: 2648: 2642: 2639: 2636: 2628: 2624: 2620: 2615: 2610: 2606: 2593: 2580: 2575: 2571: 2565: 2561: 2557: 2552: 2549: 2544: 2538: 2532: 2524: 2520: 2516: 2500: 2494: 2488: 2485: 2477: 2473: 2469: 2464: 2459: 2455: 2445: 2442: 2436: 2432: 2426: 2423: 2420: 2417: 2410: 2400: 2397: 2384: 2381: 2378: 2370: 2366: 2362: 2359: 2351: 2348: 2345: 2339: 2333: 2327: 2324: 2319: 2316: 2305: 2301: 2297: 2294: 2289: 2286: 2280: 2272: 2268: 2264: 2259: 2254: 2250: 2236: 2229: 2216: 2213: 2210: 2204: 2201: 2198: 2192: 2189: 2183: 2180: 2175: 2172: 2166: 2163: 2160: 2152: 2148: 2144: 2139: 2134: 2130: 2122: 2116: 2112: 2108: 2105: 2101: 2091: 2078: 2075: 2072: 2066: 2063: 2060: 2054: 2051: 2047: 2043: 2037: 2034: 2030: 2020: 2016: 2012: 2009: 2002: 1995: 1992: 1988: 1978: 1974: 1964: 1962: 1946: 1943: 1940: 1916: 1912: 1906: 1902: 1896: 1889: 1885: 1881: 1876: 1870: 1862: 1858: 1835: 1832: 1827: 1821: 1813: 1809: 1787: 1784: 1781: 1771: 1758: 1755: 1752: 1748: 1740: 1736: 1730: 1726: 1720: 1713: 1709: 1705: 1699: 1695: 1689: 1686: 1681: 1678: 1670: 1667: 1662: 1654: 1650: 1646: 1641: 1636: 1632: 1608: 1604: 1600: 1597: 1594: 1586: 1580: 1574: 1570: 1563: 1559: 1555: 1548: 1541: 1534: 1528: 1524: 1517: 1513:In this case 1511: 1498: 1495: 1492: 1488: 1480: 1476: 1470: 1466: 1460: 1457: 1453: 1449: 1443: 1440: 1435: 1432: 1424: 1421: 1416: 1408: 1404: 1400: 1395: 1390: 1386: 1374: 1369: 1364: 1356: 1352: 1345: 1329: 1326: 1323: 1315: 1311: 1307: 1302: 1298: 1291: 1285: 1282: 1277: 1274: 1268: 1265: 1257: 1253: 1249: 1244: 1239: 1235: 1226: 1222: 1213: 1209: 1199: 1196: 1179: 1171: 1167: 1158: 1139: 1131: 1127: 1118: 1099: 1091: 1087: 1063: 1055: 1051: 1040: 1030: 1014: 1011: 1006: 1003: 995: 991: 987: 984: 976: 972: 968: 963: 958: 954: 945: 941: 937: 929: 925: 921: 916: 911: 907: 881: 878: 873: 870: 862: 858: 854: 851: 845: 842: 837: 834: 811: 807: 803: 800: 797: 785: 777: 773: 769: 760: 754: 750: 743: 736: 731: 723: 719: 715: 708: 701: 694: 687: 682: 674: 673: 672: 669: 656: 653: 647: 641: 635: 627: 623: 619: 613: 606: 603: 596: 588: 584: 580: 574: 567: 564: 549: 547: 546: 541: 536: 530: 525: 523: 519: 515: 511: 507: 498: 488: 476: 457: 449: 446: 443: 439: 430: 422: 421:Lazarus Fuchs 410: 406: 398: 384: 380: 374: 370: 367:based on the 366: 361: 359: 355: 351: 346: 344: 339: 334: 330: 313: 310: 304: 293: 286: 279: 271: 267: 261: 258: 255: 250: 247: 244: 240: 236: 230: 219: 212: 193: 191: 190:limiting case 187: 183: 179: 175: 171: 167: 163: 159: 155: 108: 107:complex plane 104: 100: 89: 86: 78: 68: 64: 58: 57: 51: 47: 43: 38: 29: 28: 19: 3219: 3217:G. N. Watson 3186: 3172: 3159: 3147: 3146:E. L. Ince, 3138: 3126: 3113: 3101: 3098:E. T. Copson 3089:. New York: 3084: 3062: 3042: 2862: 2858: 2855: 2703: 2691: 2594: 2522: 2518: 2406: 2398: 2234: 2230: 2092: 1970: 1960: 1772: 1578: 1575: 1568: 1561: 1557: 1553: 1546: 1539: 1532: 1526: 1522: 1515: 1512: 1372: 1370: 1350: 1205: 1197: 1116: 1038: 1031: 789: 783: 771: 767: 758: 752: 748: 741: 734: 729: 717: 713: 706: 699: 692: 685: 680: 670: 555: 543: 537: 526: 505: 499: 428: 423:1866). When 382: 378: 373:power series 362: 347: 337: 332: 328: 199: 177: 169: 161: 153: 96: 81: 72: 61:Please help 53: 3091:McGraw-Hill 166:singularity 99:mathematics 67:introducing 3232:Categories 3192:Providence 3073:0198596952 3051:References 403:, or on a 397:branch cut 204:-th order 3166:EMS Press 3120:EMS Press 3011:− 2988:− 2956:− 2918:− 2827:− 2775:− 2721:− 2669:λ 2637:− 2562:ω 2501:ψ 2465:ψ 2433:ℏ 2427:− 2421:ψ 2363:− 2346:ℓ 2340:ℓ 2298:− 2281:− 2199:ℓ 2193:ℓ 2161:− 2109:− 2061:ℓ 2055:ℓ 2013:− 1903:α 1897:− 1727:α 1721:− 1556:) = (1 − 1467:α 1461:− 1312:α 1308:− 855:− 447:− 363:Then the 259:− 241:∑ 176:, and an 75:June 2017 3184:(2012). 607:′ 568:″ 545:Fuchsian 518:Poincaré 407:of some 2867:gives: 1773:Now at 1537:. When 1375:gives: 1363:integer 1353:of the 679:is an 411:around 105:in the 63:improve 3202:  3104:(1935) 3070:  2525:) is: 2513:for a 1963:at ∞. 1525:) = 1/ 1361:is an 1157:degree 1155:is of 782:is an 724:Point 675:Point 520:rank ( 504:is an 485:, the 473:has a 160:, and 2861:(1 − 2233:(1 − 1351:order 1349:(the 1043:. If 728:is a 427:is a 326:with 48:, or 3215:and 3200:ISBN 3068:ISBN 1079:and 756:and 697:and 475:pole 1975:in 1581:→ ∞ 1571:= 0 1542:≠ 0 1535:= 0 1210:in 1041:= 0 732:if 538:An 524:). 481:at 97:In 3234:: 3198:. 3194:: 3190:. 3164:, 3158:, 3137:, 3118:, 3112:, 3100:, 3047:. 3029:0. 2842:0. 2696:. 2678:0. 2385:0. 2239:: 2217:0. 2079:0. 1979:: 1544:, 1499:0. 1368:. 1214:: 770:= 751:= 716:= 657:0. 497:. 381:− 345:. 52:, 44:, 3208:. 3093:. 3076:. 3026:= 3023:f 3017:) 3014:z 3008:1 3005:( 3002:z 2997:b 2994:a 2982:z 2979:d 2974:f 2971:d 2962:) 2959:z 2953:1 2950:( 2947:z 2942:z 2939:) 2936:1 2933:+ 2930:b 2927:+ 2924:a 2921:( 2915:c 2909:+ 2901:2 2897:z 2893:d 2888:f 2883:2 2879:d 2865:) 2863:z 2859:z 2839:= 2836:f 2833:b 2830:a 2821:z 2818:d 2813:f 2810:d 2803:] 2799:z 2796:) 2793:1 2790:+ 2787:b 2784:+ 2781:a 2778:( 2772:c 2768:[ 2764:+ 2756:2 2752:z 2748:d 2743:f 2738:2 2734:d 2727:) 2724:z 2718:1 2715:( 2712:z 2675:= 2672:f 2666:+ 2660:x 2657:d 2652:f 2649:d 2643:x 2640:2 2629:2 2625:x 2621:d 2616:f 2611:2 2607:d 2581:. 2576:2 2572:x 2566:2 2558:m 2553:2 2550:1 2545:= 2542:) 2539:x 2536:( 2533:V 2523:x 2521:( 2519:V 2498:) 2495:x 2492:( 2489:V 2486:+ 2478:2 2474:x 2470:d 2460:2 2456:d 2446:m 2443:2 2437:2 2424:= 2418:E 2382:= 2379:f 2371:2 2367:x 2360:1 2355:) 2352:1 2349:+ 2343:( 2334:+ 2328:x 2325:d 2320:f 2317:d 2306:2 2302:x 2295:1 2290:x 2287:2 2273:2 2269:x 2265:d 2260:f 2255:2 2251:d 2237:) 2235:x 2214:= 2211:f 2208:) 2205:1 2202:+ 2196:( 2190:+ 2184:x 2181:d 2176:f 2173:d 2167:x 2164:2 2153:2 2149:x 2145:d 2140:f 2135:2 2131:d 2123:) 2117:2 2113:x 2106:1 2102:( 2076:= 2073:f 2070:) 2067:1 2064:+ 2058:( 2052:+ 2048:] 2044:f 2038:x 2035:d 2031:d 2026:) 2021:2 2017:x 2010:1 2007:( 2003:[ 1996:x 1993:d 1989:d 1961:x 1947:0 1944:= 1941:w 1917:2 1913:w 1907:2 1890:4 1886:w 1882:1 1877:= 1874:) 1871:w 1868:( 1863:0 1859:p 1836:w 1833:1 1828:= 1825:) 1822:w 1819:( 1814:1 1810:p 1800:, 1788:0 1785:= 1782:w 1759:0 1756:= 1753:f 1749:] 1741:2 1737:w 1731:2 1714:4 1710:w 1706:1 1700:[ 1696:+ 1690:w 1687:d 1682:f 1679:d 1671:w 1668:1 1663:+ 1655:2 1651:w 1647:d 1642:f 1637:2 1633:d 1609:w 1605:/ 1601:1 1598:= 1595:x 1579:x 1569:x 1564:) 1562:x 1560:/ 1558:α 1554:x 1552:( 1550:0 1547:p 1540:α 1533:x 1527:x 1523:x 1521:( 1519:1 1516:p 1496:= 1493:f 1489:) 1481:2 1477:x 1471:2 1458:1 1454:( 1450:+ 1444:x 1441:d 1436:f 1433:d 1425:x 1422:1 1417:+ 1409:2 1405:x 1401:d 1396:f 1391:2 1387:d 1373:x 1366:n 1359:α 1347:α 1330:0 1327:= 1324:f 1321:) 1316:2 1303:2 1299:x 1295:( 1292:+ 1286:x 1283:d 1278:f 1275:d 1269:x 1266:+ 1258:2 1254:x 1250:d 1245:f 1240:2 1236:d 1227:2 1223:x 1183:) 1180:x 1177:( 1172:2 1168:p 1143:) 1140:x 1137:( 1132:1 1128:p 1117:x 1103:) 1100:x 1097:( 1092:2 1088:p 1067:) 1064:x 1061:( 1056:1 1052:p 1039:w 1034:w 1015:w 1012:d 1007:f 1004:d 996:3 992:w 988:2 985:+ 977:2 973:w 969:d 964:f 959:2 955:d 946:4 942:w 938:= 930:2 926:x 922:d 917:f 912:2 908:d 882:w 879:d 874:f 871:d 863:2 859:w 852:= 846:x 843:d 838:f 835:d 812:x 808:/ 804:1 801:= 798:w 786:. 780:a 775:. 772:a 768:x 762:0 759:p 753:a 749:x 744:) 742:x 740:( 738:1 735:p 726:a 721:. 718:a 714:x 709:) 707:x 705:( 703:0 700:p 695:) 693:x 691:( 689:1 686:p 677:a 654:= 651:) 648:x 645:( 642:f 639:) 636:x 633:( 628:0 624:p 620:+ 617:) 614:x 611:( 604:f 600:) 597:x 594:( 589:1 585:p 581:+ 578:) 575:x 572:( 565:f 533:i 502:a 495:a 491:n 483:a 479:i 461:) 458:z 455:( 450:i 444:n 440:p 425:a 417:a 413:a 401:a 393:r 389:a 385:) 383:a 379:z 377:( 340:) 338:z 336:( 333:i 329:p 314:0 311:= 308:) 305:z 302:( 297:) 294:i 291:( 287:f 283:) 280:z 277:( 272:i 268:p 262:1 256:n 251:0 248:= 245:i 237:+ 234:) 231:z 228:( 223:) 220:n 217:( 213:f 202:n 139:C 117:C 88:) 82:( 77:) 73:( 59:. 20:)

Index

Regular differential equation
list of references
related reading
external links
inline citations
improve
introducing
Learn how and when to remove this message
mathematics
ordinary differential equations
complex plane
analytic functions
singularity
algebraic function
hypergeometric equation
Bessel equation
limiting case
meromorphic functions
Riemann sphere
point at infinity
Möbius transformation
Frobenius method
indicial equation
power series
branch cut
Riemann surface
punctured disc
Lazarus Fuchs
pole
Frobenius method

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.