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On the reduction of the degree of linear differential operators

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2015-05-18 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let L be a linear differential operator with coefficients in some differential field k of characteristic zero with algebraically closed field of constants. Let k^a be the algebraic closure of k. For a solution y, Ly=0, we determine the linear differential operator of minimal degree M and coefficients in k^a, such that My=0. This result is then applied to some Picard-Fuchs equations which appear in the study of perturbations of plane polynomial vector fields of Lotka-Volterra type.

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@article{arxiv.1003.0629,
  title  = {On the reduction of the degree of linear differential operators},
  author = {Marcin Bobieński and Lubomir Gavrilov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.0629},
  year   = {2015}
}