2.II.14B

Further Complex Methods | Part II, 2007

Show that the equation

zw(1+z)w+2(1z)w=0z w^{\prime \prime}-(1+z) w^{\prime}+2(1-z) w=0

has solutions of the form w(z)=γeztf(t)dtw(z)=\int_{\gamma} e^{z t} f(t) d t, where

f(t)=1(t2)(t+1)2f(t)=\frac{1}{(t-2)(t+1)^{2}}

provided that γ\gamma is suitably chosen.

Hence find the general solution, evaluating the integrals explicitly. Show that the general solution is entire, but that there is no solution that satisfies w(0)=0w(0)=0 and w(0)0w^{\prime}(0) \neq 0.

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