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Why the Riccati equation $\frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{d} x} =ax^{m}+by^{2}$ has an elementary solution "only" when $m=0$, $m=-2$, $m=4k/(2k\pm 1)$?
The special form of Riccati equation
$$
\frac{\mathrm{d} y}{\mathrm{d} x} =ax^{m}+by^{2}
$$ has been proved that it is solvable if and only if $m=0$, $m=-2$, $m=4k/(2k\pm 1)$.
The sufficiency is ...
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About writing solutions of linear ODE's: Is this statement correct?
A motivating example: Consider the Hypergeometric equation
$$z(1-z) \frac{d^2y}{dz^2}+(c-(a+b+1)z) \frac{dy}{dz}-aby=0,$$
it has a solution given by the Gauss's Hypergeometric function
$$_2F_1(a,b;c;z)...