@Preben Alsholm 

Thank you so much!  That completely answered my question.  Very helpful!

Tim

I just read my post and realized that I posted the first input line incorrectly.  This is what I am actually inputting into Maple:

de := (1-x^2)*(diff(y(x), x$2)-2*x*(diff(y(x), x))+12*y(x) = 0

(The only difference is the x$2)

Sorry about that.