Fuchs's theorem

In mathematics, the Fuchs' theorem, named after Lazarus Fuchs, states that a second order differential equation of the form

$y'' %2B p(x)y'%2Bq(x)y=g(x)\;$

has a solution expressible by a generalised Frobenius series when $p(x)$ , $q(x)$ and $g(x)$ are analytical at $x=a$ or $a$ is a regular singular point. That is, any solution to this second order differential equation can be written as

$y = \sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n (x-a)^{n%2Bs} , \quad a_0 \neq 0$

for some real s, or

$y = y_0 \ln (x-a) %2B \sum_{n=0}^\infty b_n(x-a)^{n%2Br}, \quad b_0 \neq 0$

for some real r, where y₀ is a solution of the first kind.

Its radius of convergence is at least as large as the minimum of the radii of convergence of $p(x)$ , $q(x)$ and $g(x)$ .

References

Asmar, Nakhlé H. (2005), Partial differential equations with Fourier series and boundary value problems, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, ISBN 0131480960 .
Butkov, Eugene (1995), Mathematical Physics, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0201007274 .

Fuchs's theorem

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