Fonctions de Mathieu et polynômes de Klein-Gordon (Q4367709)

The author considers the Mathieu differential equation \[ u''(t)+ (2\pi^2 c^4- \cos 2t+ 2\pi^2 c^4+ 1/4)u(t)= 4\pi^2 c^4\mu u(t), \] where \(c\) is a a given constant while \(\mu\) is the (known) spectral parameter, and gives some explicit expressions for the Fourier coefficients of its quasi-periodic solutions corresponding to the characteristic multiplier \(\exp(2i\pi\nu)\) with \(\text{Re }\nu\in [-1/2,1/2)\). The main results are stated in two theorems which concern the cases \(\nu= -1/2\) and \(\nu\neq -1/2\), respectively. The results involve certain sets of polynomials which have connections with the Klein-Gordon equation. Notice that the Fourier coefficients in question satisfy a three-term recurrence relation whose explicit solution is not known in terms of known functions.