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Further Complex Methods | Part II, 2017

Consider the differential equation

zd2ydz22dydz+zy=0z \frac{d^{2} y}{d z^{2}}-2 \frac{d y}{d z}+z y=0

Laplace's method finds a solution of this differential equation by writing y(z)y(z) in the form

y(z)=Ceztf(t)dty(z)=\int_{C} e^{z t} f(t) d t

where CC is a closed contour.

Determine f(t)f(t). Hence find two linearly independent real solutions of ()(\star) for zz real.

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