Existence of finite-order meromorphic solutions as a detector of integrability in difference equations (Q2507793)

The authors consider an analogue of the Painlevé property for discrete equations. They start from a difference equations of the type \[ \bar{y}+\underline{y} = R(z,y) \] with \(R\) being rational in both arguments, \(z\in C\), \(\bar{y}=y(z+1)\), \(\underline{y}=y(z-1)\), \(y=y(z)\). The discrete version of the Painlevé II equation for which \[ R(z,y)={{(\lambda z+\mu)y+\nu}\over{1-y^2}} \] with constant parameters \(\lambda,\mu,\nu\) belongs to this class of equations. For this equation the ``integrability'' test based on singularity confinement for meromorphic solutions is applied; this confinement is discussed using the Nevanlinna theory.