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Lesson 23: Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point II

Learning Outcomes: At the end of this lesson you will be able to use power series to find the solutions to differential equations with initial conditions.

Topic. This lesson covers section 7.3:Series Solutions Near an Ordinary Point II

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Question of the day: Find the coefficients $a_{0}, \cdots, a_{7} $ in the series solution $y=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}a_{n}x^n$ of the initial value problem $(1+3x)y^{\prime\prime}+xy^{\prime}+2y=0$, $y(0)=1$, $y^{\prime}(0)=-1 $.