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Frobenius & Special Functions · Superchallenge problem

The Frobenius solutions of Bessel's equation of order ν=13\nu = \tfrac13 are J±ν(x)=∑k≥0(−1)kk! Γ(k±ν+1)(x2)2k±νJ_{\pm\nu}(x) = \displaystyle\sum_{k\ge0}\frac{(-1)^k}{k!\,\Gamma(k \pm \nu + 1)}\left(\frac x2\right)^{2k\pm\nu}. Compute their Wronskian W=JνJ−ν′−J−νJν′W = J_{\nu}J_{-\nu}' - J_{-\nu}J_{\nu}' at x=1x = 1.