Chebyshev's differential equation

Chebyshev's differential equation

[′cheb·ə·shəfs dif·ə′ren·chəl i′kwā·zhən] (mathematics) A special case of Gauss' hypergeometric second-order differential equation: (1 -x 2)ƒ″(x) -x ƒ′(x) + n 2ƒ(x) = 0.