Paper 2, Section I, B

Further Complex Methods | Part II, 2014

Suppose z=0z=0 is a regular singular point of a linear second-order homogeneous ordinary differential equation in the complex plane. Define the monodromy matrix MM around z=0z=0.

Demonstrate that if

M=(1101)M=\left(\begin{array}{ll} 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 \end{array}\right)

then the differential equation admits a solution of the form a(z)+b(z)logza(z)+b(z) \log z, where a(z)a(z) and b(z)b(z) are single-valued functions.

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