Paper 1, Section II, E

Further Complex Methods
Part II, 2013

Show that the equation

(z1)wzw+(42z)w=0(z-1) w^{\prime \prime}-z w^{\prime}+(4-2 z) w=0

has solutions of the form w(z)=γexp(zt)f(t)dtw(z)=\int_{\gamma} \exp (z t) f(t) d t, where

f(t)=exp(t)(ta)(tb)2f(t)=\frac{\exp (-t)}{(t-a)(t-b)^{2}}

and the contour γ\gamma is any closed curve in the complex plane, where aa and bb are real constants which should be determined.

Use this to find the general solution, evaluating the integrals explicitly.