Die Lösungen mit kleinster Wachstumsordnung der Differentialgleichung \(c_ 3w\prime''+(b_ 2z+c_ 2)w''+b_ 1w'-w=0\). (The solutions with smallest growing order to the differential equation \(c_ 3w\prime''+(b_ 2z+c_ 2)w''+b_ 1w'-w=0)\) (Q1821925)

The solutions of nth order linear differential equations with polynomial coefficients are entire functions of finite order \(\lambda =\lambda (w)\). The possible orders \(\lambda_ 1\leq \lambda_ 2\leq...\leq \lambda_ n\) are known, but it is in general not known if every order \(<\lambda_ n\) is actually attained. The present authors consider the third order equation (*) \(c_ 3w\prime''+(b_ 2z+c_ 2)w''+b_ 1w'-w=0\) \((c_ 3b_ 2\neq 0)\), which has a fundamental set \((w_ 1,w_ 2,w_ 3)\) with \(\lambda (w_ 1)=\lambda (w_ 2)=2\) and \(\lambda (w_ 3)=\). Every solution linearly independent of \(w_ 3\) has order 2. The authors construct the power series of \(w_ 3\) which is similar to the Mittag-Leffler function cosh \(\sqrt{z}\).