English

Computation of the difference-differential Galois group and differential relations among solutions for a second-order linear difference equation

Commutative Algebra 2025-03-21 v1 Algebraic Geometry Dynamical Systems Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We apply the difference-differential Galois theory developed by Hardouin and Singer to compute the differential-algebraic relations among the solutions to a second-order homogeneous linear difference equation of the form y(x+2)+a(x)y(x+1)+b(x)y(x)=0, y(x+2)+a(x)y(x+1)+b(x)y(x)=0, where the coefficients a(x),b(x)Qˉ(x)a(x),b(x)\in \bar{\mathbb{Q}}(x) are rational functions in xx with coefficients in Qˉ\bar{\mathbb{Q}}. We develop algorithms to compute the difference-differential Galois group associated to such an equation, and show how to deduce the differential-algebraic relations among the solutions from the defining equations of the Galois group.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1606.07109,
  title  = {Computation of the difference-differential Galois group and differential relations among solutions for a second-order linear difference equation},
  author = {Carlos E. Arreche},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.07109},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

To appear in Communications in Contemporary Mathematics