On uniqueness of Heine–Stieltjes polynomials for second order finite-difference equations

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/48/41/415201zbMATH Open1332.39002arXiv1506.00978OpenAlexW3101737964MaRDI QIDQ3452294FDOQ3452294

Authors: Alexander Moroz 

Publication date: 11 November 2015

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A second order finite-difference equation has two linearly independent solutions. It is shown here that, like in the continuous case, at most one of the two can be a polynomial solution. The uniqueness in the classical continuous Heine-Stieltjes theory is shown to hold under broader hypotheses than usually presented. A difference between regularity condition and uniqueness is emphasized. Consistency of our uniqueness results is also checked against one of the Shapiro problems. An intrinsic relation between the Heine-Stieltjes problem and the discrete Bethe Ansatz equations allows one to immediately extend the uniqueness result from the former to the latter. The results have implications for nondegeneracy of polynomial solutions of physical models.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.00978

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zbMATH Keywords

uniqueness of solutionsregularity conditionsecond-order difference equationlinear differential equationspolynomial solutionfinite difference equationsHeine-Stieltjes polynomials\(h\)-analogue of Abel's theoremdiscrete Bethe Ansatz equationsShapiro problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear ordinary differential equations and systems (34A30) Linear difference equations (39A06) Discrete version of topics in analysis (39A12)

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