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$\ds{k_{n + 2} = {1 - n \over n + 2}\,k_{n}.\ \mbox{Express}\ k_{n}\
\mbox{in terms of}\ k_{0}\ \mbox{and}\ k_{1}:\ {\large ?}}$.
Lets introduce the generating function
$$
{\cal K}\pars{z} \equiv \sum_{n\ =\ 0}^{\infty}k_{n}z^{n}\,,\qquad
\verts{z} < 1
$$
such that
\begin{align}
0&=\sum_{n\ =\ 0}^{\infty}\pars{n + 2}k_{n + 2}\,z^{n}
+\sum_{n\ =\ 0}^{\infty}\pars{n - 1}k_{n}\,z^{n}
=\sum_{n\ =\ 2}^{\infty}n\,k_{n}\,z^{n - 2}
+\sum_{n\ =\ 0}^{\infty}n\,k_{n}\,z^{n} - \sum_{n\ =\ 0}^{\infty}k_{n}\,z^{n}
\\[5mm]&=-\,{k_{1} \over z}
+\pars{{1 \over z^{2}} + 1}\sum_{n\ =\ 0}^{\infty}n\,k_{n}\,z^{n}
- \sum_{n\ =\ 0}^{\infty}k_{n}\,z^{n}
\\[5mm]&=-\,{k_{1} \over z}
+\pars{{1 \over z^{2}} + 1}\,z\,\partiald{}{z}\sum_{n\ =\ 0}^{\infty}k_{n}\,z^{n}
-\sum_{n\ =\ 0}^{\infty}k_{n}\,z^{n}
\\[5mm]&=-\,{k_{1} \over z}
+\pars{{1 \over z^{2}} + 1}\,z\,\partiald{{\cal K}\pars{z}}{z}
-{\cal K}\pars{z}
\end{align}
$$
\partiald{{\cal K}\pars{z}}{z}
-{z \over 1 + z^{2}}\,\,{\cal K}\pars{z}={k_{1} \over 1 + z^{2}}
\ \imp\
\partiald{}{z}\bracks{{\cal K}\pars{z} \over \root{1 + z^{2}}}
={k_{1} \over \pars{1 + z^{2}}^{3/2}}
$$
$$
{{\cal K}\pars{z} \over \root{1 + z^{2}}} - k_{0}
=k_{1}\ \overbrace{\int_{0}^{z}{\dd t \over \pars{1 + t^{2}}^{3/2}}}
^{\dsc{z \over \root{1 + z^{2}}}}\ =\
{k_{1}\,z \over \root{1 + z^{2}}}
$$
\begin{align}
{\cal K}\pars{z}&=k_{1}\,z + k_{0}\root{1 + z^{2}}
=k_{1}\,z + k_{0}\sum_{n\ =\ 0}^{\infty}{1/2 \choose n}z^{2n}
=k_{1}\,z + k_{0}
\sum_{\atop{n\ =\ 0 \atop n\ \mbox{even}}}^{\infty}{1/2 \choose n/2}z^{n}
\end{align}
$$\color{#66f}{\large k_{n}}
=\color{#66f}{\large\left\{\begin{array}{lcl}
0 & \mbox{if} & n\ \mbox{is odd}\ \wedge\ n \not= 1
\\[2mm]
k_{1} & \mbox{if} & n = 1
\\[2mm]
k_{0}{1/2 \choose n/2} & \mbox{if} & n\ \mbox{is even}
\end{array}\right.}
$$