Criterion for polynomial solutions to a class of linear differential equations of second order

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Abstract: We consider the differential equations y=lambda_0(x)y'+s_0(x)y, where lambda_0(x), s_0(x) are C^{infty}-functions. We prove (i) if the differential equation, has a polynomial solution of degree n >0, then delta_n=lambda_n s_{n-1}-lambda_{n-1}s_n=0, where lambda_{n}= lambda_{n-1}^prime+s_{n-1}+lambda_0lambda_{n-1}hbox{and}quad s_{n}=s_{n-1}^prime+s_0lambda_{k-1},quad n=1,2,.... Conversely (ii) if lambda_nlambda_{n-1} e 0 and delta_n=0, then the differential equation has a polynomial solution of degree at most n. We show that the classical differential equations of Laguerre, Hermite, Legendre, Jacobi, Chebyshev (first and second kind), Gegenbauer, and the Hypergeometric type, etc, obey this criterion. Further, we find the polynomial solutions for the generalized Hermite, Laguerre, Legendre and Chebyshev differential equations.




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