Unique positive solution for an alternative discrete Painlevé I equation

DOI10.1080/10236198.2015.1127917zbMATH Open1355.39005arXiv1508.04916OpenAlexW1860794187MaRDI QIDQ2816612FDOQ2816612

Authors: Peter A. Clarkson, Ana F. Loureiro, Walter Van Assche 

Publication date: 25 August 2016

Published in: Journal of Difference Equations and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the alternative discrete Painlev'e I equation (alt-dP${}_{mI}$) has a unique solution which remains positive for all $ngeq0$. Furthermore, we identify this positive solution in terms of a special solution of the second Painlev'e equation (P${}_{mII}$) involving the Airy function $mathopmAi(t)$. The special-function solutions of P${}_{mII}$ involving only the Airy function $mathopmAi(t)$ therefore have the property that they remain positive for all $ngeq0$ and all $tgeq0$, which is a new characterization of these special solutions of P${}_{mII}$ and alt-dP${}_{mI}$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.04916

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zbMATH Keywords

Airy functionpositive solutionorthogonal polynomialsdiscrete Painlevé equationPainlevé equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Painlevé and other special ordinary differential equations in the complex domain; classification, hierarchies (34M55) Discrete version of topics in analysis (39A12) Growth, boundedness, comparison of solutions to difference equations (39A22)

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Uses Software

• Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

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