An explanation of Mellin's 1921 paper

DOI10.26516/1997-7670.2023.46.98arXiv2110.00281OpenAlexW3203718560MaRDI QIDQ6181004FDOQ6181004

Authors: Wayne Lawton 

Publication date: 22 January 2024

Published in: The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In 1921 Mellin published a Comptes Rendu paper computing the principal root of the polynomial $Z^n+x_1{Z}^{n_1}+cdots+x_p{Z}^{n_p}-1$ using hypergeometric functions of its coefficients $x_1,\mathrm{...},x_p.$ He used an integral transform nowadays bearing his name. Slightly over three pages, the paper is written in French in a terse style befitting the language. Unable to find an elementary explanation on the web or in a texbook, we wrote this expository article to make Mellin's landmark result accessible to interested people who are not experts in hypergeometric functions and complex analysis.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.00281

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zbMATH Keywords

polynomialsfunctions of hypergeometric typeMellin-Barnes integral representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to several complex variables and analytic spaces (32-02) Other hypergeometric functions and integrals in several variables (33C70) Residues for several complex variables (32A27)

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