Author's: G. I. MIRUMBE, V. A. SSEMBATYA, RIKARD BØGVAD and JAN ERIK BJÖRK
 Pages: [135] - [155]
Received Date: November 30, 2011
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Given the following ordinary differential equation:
  (0.1)
 	(0.1)
where  is a distribution,
 is a distribution,  are polynomials, which in general may have
complex coefficients, and
 are polynomials, which in general may have
complex coefficients, and  is the first order derivation operator with
respect to the variable x.
 is the first order derivation operator with
respect to the variable x.
We prove using analytic  theory tools that the dimension of the
solution space in the space of distributions is
 theory tools that the dimension of the
solution space in the space of distributions is  where the
 where the  are the multiplicities of the real roots
 are the multiplicities of the real roots
 of the leading polynomial coefficient
 of the leading polynomial coefficient
 This result is an extension of a similar
result highlighted by Mandai [6].
  This result is an extension of a similar
result highlighted by Mandai [6].
boundary values, distribution solution, characteristic exponents, locally Fuchsian, exact sequences.