Skolem-Mahler-Lech type theorems and Picard-Vessiot theory

DOI10.4171/JEMS/509zbMATH Open1316.39001arXiv1203.1449MaRDI QIDQ2018244FDOQ2018244

Michael Wibmer

Publication date: 13 April 2015

Published in: Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that three problems involving linear difference equations with rational function coefficients are essentially equivalent. The first problem is the generalization of the classical Skolem-Mahler-Lech theorem to rational function coefficients. The second problem is the question whether or not for a given linear difference equation there exists a Picard-Vessiot extension inside the ring of sequences. The third problem is a certain special case of the dynamical Mordell-Lang conjecture. This allows us to deduce solutions to the first two problems in a particular but fairly general special case.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.1449

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zbMATH Keywords

dynamical Mordell-Lang conjecturelinear difference equationsPicard-Vessiot theorySkolem-Mahler-Lech theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear difference equations (39A06) Arithmetic progressions (11B25) Recurrences (11B37) Difference algebra (12H10)

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