Linear irreducibility of one form of differential equations (Q1094571)

Starting from the fact that an analytic function \(A_ p(z)\) related with the differential equation \(G(zd/dz)y=z^ py\) where \(p\in {\mathbb{N}}\) is a prime, \(G(\delta)=(\delta +\lambda_ 1p)...(\delta +\lambda_ pp)\) the numbers \(\lambda_ 1,...,\lambda_ p\in {\mathbb{Q}}\), \(-\lambda_ i\not\in {\mathbb{N}}\) being given, the author proves a new criterion for the algebraic independence of numbers \(A_ p(\alpha),...,A_ p^{(p-1)}(\alpha)\) where \(\alpha\) is an algebraic number. The method is based on investigating the linear irreducibility of the differential equation mentioned above by means of the essential difference of polynomials \(G(x+k)\) and G(x) for \(k=1,...,p-1\).