2. Methods of Frobenius
• If x is not analytic, it is a singular point.
)()()()( '''
xfyxqyxpyxr =++
→
)(
)(
)(
)(
)(
)( '''
xr
xf
y
xr
xq
y
xr
xp
y =++
The points where r(x)=0 are called as singular points.
3. Methods of Frobenius (Cont’d)
• The solution for such an ODE is given as,
∑
∞
=
=
0m
m
m
r
xaxy
Substituting in the ODE for values of , )(),(),( '''
xyxyxy
equating the coefficient of xm
and obtaining the roots
gives the indical solution