Fundamentals of Differential Equations [With CDROM] - 7th Edition

7th Edition

ISBN: 9780321410481

Author: Saff, Edward B., Snider, Arthur David, Nagle, R. Kent

Publisher: Addison Wesley

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Find at least the first four nonzero terms in a power series expansion about x = 2 for a general solution to

w ″ + ( x − 2 ) w ′ − w = 0 .

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