9. Regular perturbation does not always work.

Example: Consider the problem

We insert y=y(t),

 

in the equation and get

 

and

We compare powers of  :

Note that:
(i)  the general solution is

 


(ii) with the boundary value

 

we get the solution

 

but then the boundary value

 

is not fulfilled.

(iii) withe the boundary value

 

we get the solution

 

but then the boundary value

 

is not fulfilled. We conclude that regular perturbation does not always work.

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