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Difference independence of the Euler gamma function

Number Theory 2023-03-07 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we established a sharp version of the difference analogue of the celebrated H\"{o}lder's theorem concerning the differential independence of the Euler gamma function Γ\Gamma. More precisely, if PP is a polynomial of n+1n+1 variables in C[X,Y0,,Yn1]\mathbb{C}[X, Y_0,\dots, Y_{n-1}] such that \begin{equation*} P(s, \Gamma(s+a_0), \dots, \Gamma(s+a_{n-1}))\equiv 0 \end{equation*} for some (a0,,an1)Cn(a_0, \dots, a_{n-1})\in \mathbb{C}^{n} and aiajZa_i-a_j\notin \mathbb{Z} for any 0i<jn10\leq i<j\leq n-1, then we have P0.P\equiv 0. Our result complements a classical result of algebraic differential independence of the Euler gamma function proved by H\"{o}lder in 1886, and also a result of algebraic difference independence of the Riemann zeta function proved by Chiang and Feng in 2006.

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@article{arxiv.2303.02767,
  title  = {Difference independence of the Euler gamma function},
  author = {Qiongyan Wang and Xiao Yao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.02767},
  year   = {2023}
}

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