\[ \left (-a-x^2\right ) y(x)+y''(x)=0 \] ✓ Mathematica : cpu = 0.0064868 (sec), leaf count = 47
\[\left \{\left \{y(x)\to c_1 D_{\frac {1}{2} (-a-1)}\left (\sqrt {2} x\right )+c_2 D_{\frac {a-1}{2}}\left (i \sqrt {2} x\right )\right \}\right \}\] ✓ Maple : cpu = 0.098 (sec), leaf count = 29
\[y \relax (x ) = \frac {c_{2} \WhittakerW \left (-\frac {a}{4}, \frac {1}{4}, x^{2}\right )+c_{1} \WhittakerM \left (-\frac {a}{4}, \frac {1}{4}, x^{2}\right )}{\sqrt {x}}\]