Normal solutions of difference equations, Euler's functions and spirals

DOI10.1007/S00010-004-2765-3MaRDI QIDQ704879zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Detlef Gronau

Publication date 20 January 2005

Published in Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-004-2765-3

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic behaviourbeta functionEuler's functiongamma functionlinear homogeneous difference equationnormal solutionprincipal solutionspecial functionsspirals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of difference and functional equations (39-03) Additive difference equations (39A10)

Review text

For the linear homogeneous difference equation of first order \[ f(x+1)= \alpha(x)\cdot f(x) \] a normal solution is characterized by its asymptotic behaviour and defined by means of a product representation. Historical remarks and several examples are given.

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