Could anyone help me with the part marked in red? Why do we have a series expansion in there? And why does the limit epsilon -> 0 gives eq_in = Y''(w)+Y'(w)=0

Could anyone help me with the part marked in red? Why do we have a series expansion in there? And why does the limit epsilon -> 0 gives eq_in = Y''(w)+Y'(w)=0

I don't know if this should be a comment but what is wrong with multiplying through by $\epsilon$ and then taking the limit?