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The growth of transcendental entire solutions of linear difference equations with polynomial coefficients

Complex Variables 2025-04-04 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we study the growth of transcendental entire solutions of linear difference equations \begin{equation} P_m(z)\Delta^mf(z)+\cdots+P_1(z)\Delta f(z)+P_0(z)f(z)=0,\tag{+} \end{equation} where Pj(z)P_j(z) are polynomials for j=0,,mj=0,\ldots,m. At first, we reveal type of binomial series in terms of its coefficients. Second, we give a list of all possible orders, which are less than 1, and types of transcendental entire solutions of linear difference equations (+)(+). In particular, we give so far the best precise growth estimate of transcendental entire solutions of order less than 1 of (+)(+), which improves results in [3, 4], [5], [7]. Third, for any given rational number ρ(0,1)\rho\in(0,1) and real number σ(0,)\sigma\in(0,\infty), we can construct a linear difference equation with polynomial coefficients which has a transcendental entire solution of order ρ\rho and type σ\sigma. At last, some examples are illustrated for our main theorem.

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@article{arxiv.2504.02243,
  title  = {The growth of transcendental entire solutions of linear difference equations with polynomial coefficients},
  author = {Xiong-Feng Liu and Zhi-Tao Wen and Can-Xin Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.02243},
  year   = {2025}
}