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4—Differential Equations 117

4.45 In the equation of problem 17 , make the change of independent variablex= 1/z. Without actually carrying
out the solution of the resulting equation, what can you say about solving it?


4.46 Show that Eq. ( 42 )(c) has the correct valuePn(1) = 1for alln. Note:(1−x^2 ) = (1 +x)(1−x)and you
are examining the pointx= 1.


4.47 Solve for the complete solution of Eq. ( 36 ) for the caseC= 0. For this, don’t use series methods, but get
the closed form solution.


4.48 Derive the condition in Eq. ( 40 ). Which values ofscorrespond to which values of`?

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