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18 CHAPTER 1. PRELIMINARIES<br />

Lemma 1.22 The <strong>Bessel</strong> functions satisfy<br />

Jν+1(x) = 2ν<br />

x Jν(x) − Jν−1(x), J ′ ν(x) = ν<br />

x Jν(x) − Jν+1(x) (1.19)<br />

and similarly the modified <strong>Bessel</strong> functions satisfy<br />

Iν+1(x) = Iν−1(x) − 2ν<br />

x Iν(x), I ′ ν(x) = ν<br />

x Iν(x) + Iν+1(x). (1.20)<br />

Moreover, Yν(x) satisfies the same equations as Jν(x) and (−1) ν Kν(x) satisfies<br />

the same equations as Iν(x).<br />

Pro<strong>of</strong>. [2, <strong>Equations</strong> 9.1.27 and 9.6.26]. <br />

The follow<strong>in</strong>g result will be important to f<strong>in</strong>d solutions <strong>of</strong> differential operators.<br />

Corollary 1.23 Consider<br />

S := C(x)Bν + C(x)B ′ ν<br />

(1.21)<br />

where B ′ ν = d dx Bν and Bν is a l<strong>in</strong>ear comb<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> either Jν and Yν or Iν and<br />

(−1) ν Kν. The space S is <strong>in</strong>variant under the substitution ν → ν + 1.<br />

Pro<strong>of</strong>. It follows from the last lemma that this is true for each <strong>Bessel</strong> function on<br />

its own. A l<strong>in</strong>ear comb<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> Jν and Yν does no harm s<strong>in</strong>ce they satisfy the<br />

same equations. The same holds for a l<strong>in</strong>ear comb<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> Iν and (−1) ν Kν. <br />

1.4 Formal Solutions and Generalized Exponents<br />

In this section we will study differential operators with power series coefficients<br />

<strong>in</strong> K = C((x)). In this context the derivation that is usually used is δ = x d dx .<br />

Def<strong>in</strong>ition 1.24 A universal extension U <strong>of</strong> K is a m<strong>in</strong>imal (simple) differential<br />

r<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> which every operator L ∈ K[∂] has precisely deg(L) C-l<strong>in</strong>ear <strong>in</strong>dependent<br />

solutions.<br />

Theorem 1.25 The universal extension U <strong>of</strong> K is unique and has the form<br />

U = K[{x a }a∈M,{e(q)}q∈Q,l], (1.22)<br />

where M ⊂ C is such that M ⊕ Q = C and Q := ∪m≥1x −1/m C[[x −1/m ]]. Here K<br />

denotes an algebraic closure <strong>of</strong> K and the follow<strong>in</strong>g rules hold:

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