Paper 3, Section I, E

Further Complex Methods
Part II, 2017

Find all the singular points of the differential equation

zd2ydz2+(2z)dydzy=0z \frac{d^{2} y}{d z^{2}}+(2-z) \frac{d y}{d z}-y=0

and determine whether they are regular or irregular singular points.

By writing y(z)=f(z)/zy(z)=f(z) / z, find two linearly independent solutions to this equation.

Comment on the relationship of your solutions to the nature of the singular points of the original differential equation.