Special formal series solutions of linear operator equations (Q1961244)

The transformation which assigns to a linear operator \(L\), the recurrence satisfied by coefficient sequences of the polynomial series in its kernels is an isomorphism of the corresponding operator algebras. The authors find this fact and employ it to factoring \(q\)-difference of recurrence operators, and to obtain `nice' power series solutions to linear differential equations. In particular, they characterize generalized hypergeometric series to solve a linear differential equation with polynomial coefficients at an ordinary point of the equation, and show that these solutions remain hypergeometric at any other ordinary point. The paper appears to be a good addition to the subject.