How can i find the basis solutions of homogeneous linear ODE?

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Second order linear differential equation is given below.

$y''+\frac{2}{x}y'+k^2y=0,$

where $k$ is constant and $x\neq 0$

I already know that the basis are $y_1=\frac{e^{-ikx}}{x}$ and $y_2=\frac{e^{ikx}}{x}$. (from book)

But i don't know how to find the basis of that ODE...

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You may reduce the given DE into another with first derivative removed as follows:

$1$.Put $y=u(x)v(x)$ in the given DE

$2$.Equate the coefficient of $v'(x)$ to zero to obtain $u(x)$.

$3$. Now solve the reduced DE for $v(x)$ with its first derivative term missing by usual methods of CF and PI.

$4$.The solution is $y(x)=u(x)v(x)$.