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Homework Statement
"Find the recurrence relation in the power series solution for ##y''-xy'-y=0## centered about ##x_0=1##."
Homework Equations
##y=\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_nx^n##
Answer as given in book: ##(n+2)a_{n+2}-a_{n+1}-a_n=0##
The Attempt at a Solution
##y=\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n(x-1)^n##
##xy'=x\sum_{n=0}^\infty na_n(x-1)^{n-1}=x\sum_{n=1}^\infty na_n(x-1)^{n-1}=x\sum_{n=0}^\infty (n+1)a_{n+1}n(x-1)^{n}##
##y''=\sum_{n=0}^\infty n(n-1)a_n(x-1)^{n-2}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty n(n-1)a_n(x-1)^{n-2}=\sum_{n=2}^\infty n(n-1)a_n(x-1)^{n-2}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_{n+2}(n+2)(n+1)(x-1)^{n}##
##y''-xy'-y=0=\sum_{n=0}^\infty[(n+2)(n+1)a_{n+2}-x(n+1)a_{n+1}-a_n](x-1)^n##
##(n+2)(n+1)a_{n+2}=x(n+1)a_{n+1}+a_n##
I don't know what I'm doing wrong. It's not matching the answer given in the back of the book.