Paper 1, Section II, E
Part II, 2020
Use the change of variable , to rewrite the equation
where is a real non-zero number, as the hypergeometric equation
where , and and should be determined explicitly.
(i) Show that ( is a Papperitz equation, with 0,1 and as its regular singular points. Hence, write the corresponding Papperitz symbol,
in terms of .
(ii) By solving ( ) directly or otherwise, find the hypergeometric function that is the solution to and is analytic at corresponding to the exponent 0 at , and satisfies ; moreover, write it in terms of and
(iii) By performing a suitable exponential shifting find the second solution, independent of , which corresponds to the exponent , and hence write in terms of and .