Solve y' -x^2y = 0 using power series and write the first four terms of the power series

We're looking for a solution of the form

with derivative

Note that .

Substituting into the ODE gives

The first series starts with a constant term, while the second starts with a quadratic term, so we should pull out the first two terms of the first series and have it start at , then shift the index on the second series to achieve the same effect, which allows us to condense the left side as

so that the series solution's coefficients are given according to the recurrence

We can simplify the latter equation somewhat to get it in terms of :

This shows dependency between coefficients that are 3 indices apart, so we check 3 cases:

and so on for all such , giving

and we get the same conclusion as before,

and so on, with the general pattern

Then the series solution is

whose first four terms are

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.