  In this paper we present a direct formula for the solution of the general
second order linear ordinary differential equation as our main result such that
the parameters required for the formula are determined using another
differential equation, which happens to be a Riccati Equation. We also derive
other results based on the main result which include special cases for the
concerned differential equation with variable coefficients, formula for
solution of concerned differential equation with constant coefficients and
formula for the solution of the concerned differential equation with one
complimentary solution known.
