====Mathematics 255 - Spring 2017===== ==== Homework ==== Problems 7-3: 1acd, 2 Recursion formulas: For 2a: $a_n = -\frac{1}{(n + \alpha - 2)(n + \alpha - 1)}a_{n-2}$, $n = 2, 3, 4, \ldots$ For 2b: $a_{n+1} = -\frac{2}{(n + \alpha + 1)(n + \alpha - 1)}a_n$, $n = 0, 1, 2, \ldots$