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ODE for a general Confluent hypergeometric function

Step-by-step mathematics solution: ODE for a general Confluent hypergeometric function

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1. What the problem asks

We are given

[ f(z)=\Gamma!\bigl(a(z)\bigr)\;U!\bigl(a(z),b,z\bigr),\qquad b\in\mathbb C\;\text{(constant)},\;\;a

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