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J. Robert Buchanan
Department of Mathematics
Spring 2010
Example
Find all the singular points of the following ODEs.
2
1 t 2 (1 − t 2 )y ′′ + y ′ + 4y = 0
t
2 t(1 − t ) y + (1 − t 2 )2 y ′ + 2(1 + t)y = 0
2 3 ′′
Example
1 t 2 y ′′ − 3ty ′ + 4y = 0; y1 (t) = t 2 , y2 (t) = t 2 ln |t|
2 t 2 y ′′ + 3ty ′ + 5y = 0; y1 (t) = t −1 cos(2 ln |t|),
y2 (t) = t −1 sin(2 ln |t|)
3 t 2 y ′′ + 4ty ′ + 2y = 0; y1 (t) = t −1 , y2 (t) = t −2
4 t(t − 3)y ′′ + (t + 1)y ′ − 2y = 0
Definition
Given the ODE
Q(t) R(t)
(t − t0 ) and (t − t0 )2
P(t) P(t)
Q(t) R(t)
lim (t − t0 ) = p0 and lim (t − t0 )2 = q0
t→t0 P(t) t→t0 P(t)
Q(t) 1 R(t) 1
∝ and ∝ .
P(t) t − t0 P(t) (t − t0 )2
Example
Determine the regular and irregular singular points for the
following ODEs.
2
1 t 2 (1 − t 2 )y ′′ + y ′ + 4y = 0
t
2 t(1 − t 2 )3 y ′′ + (1 − t 2 )2 y ′ + 2(1 + t)y = 0
3 t 2 y ′′ + 2(et − 1)y ′ + (e−t cos t)y = 0
4 t(t − 3)y ′′ + (t + 1)y ′ − 2y = 0
Example
Consider the following ODE for which t = 0 is a regular singular
point.
t 2 y ′′ + 2ty ′ − (1 + t)y = 0
X
∞
Assuming the solution is of the form y(t) = an t n find the
n=0
coefficients an .