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Liouvillian solutions of second order differential equation without Fuchsian singularities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Michihiko Matsuda*
Affiliation:
Yamadacho 27-6, Kitashirakawa, Kyoto 606, Japan
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Consider a homogeneous linear differential equation of the second order whose coefficients are rational functions of the independent variable x over the field C of complex numbers. We assume that the coefficient of the first order derivative vanishes:

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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1986

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