Differential Galois theory of linear difference equations

DOI10.1007/s00208-008-0238-zzbMath1163.12002arXiv0801.1493OpenAlexW2127861036MaRDI QIDQ943358

Charlotte Hardouin, Michael F. Singer

Publication date: 9 September 2008

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.1493

zbMATH Keywords

difference equationsdifferential Galois theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Basic hypergeometric functions in one variable, ({}_rphi_s) (33D15) Additive difference equations (39A10) Discrete version of topics in analysis (39A12) Differential algebra (12H05)

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Uses Software

• Maple
• RatDiff

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