Ordinary, Singular, Regular, Irregular Points
Ordinary, Singular, Regular, Irregular Points
Ordinary, Singular, Regular, Irregular Points
point a if it is differentiable at a.
y
3xy
x 2 y 0
2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x
2 2
3 y y
y 0
2 x 2 2 x 2 x
2 2
3 y 3y
x=1 is an ordinary point of this equation as lim = and
2 1 2
x 1 2
2
y y
lim = .
2 1 2 .1 2
x 1 2
Singular point for this equation are those points for which the
denominators of y’’, y’ and y become 0, here the singular points are at
(x -2)2 = 0 and x=0 that is x= 0,2.
y y y
lim (x-2)2 = lim (analytic) so x0=2 is irregular singular
2 x 2 x x 2 2 x 4
x 2 2
point.
Example 2: y y 0
x
First we find the singular points of this equation. Singular point for this
equation are those points for which the denominators of y’’, y’ and y
become 0.
The only singular point here is x=0. Now to check whether this singular
1
point is regular or irregular, lim (x-0) lim1 1 is analytic at x0 = 0 (and
x 0 x x0
for all x), x0 =0 is a regular singular point.
y
Example 2: y 0
x 1
2
1 1
x=0 is an ordinary point here because lim 1 .
2
x0 (0+1) 1
(x + 1)2=0 ⇒x=-1.