Difference equations, Euler's summation formula and Hyers-Ulam stability

DOI10.1007/S00010-008-2928-8MaRDI QIDQ998741zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Detlef Gronau

Publication date 29 January 2009

Published in Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-008-2928-8

zbMATH Keywords

approximative solutionscomplex planedifference equationEuler's summation formulaHyers-Ulam stabilityspiral of Theodorus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Functional equations in the complex plane, iteration and composition of analytic functions of one complex variable (30D05) Additive difference equations (39A10) Functional equations for complex functions (39B32) Stability, separation, extension, and related topics for functional equations (39B82)

Review text

The author considers the spiral of Theodorus, represented in the complex plane as a special solution of the difference equation \[ f(x+1)=\alpha(x)f(x), \quad x \in [0,\infty) \] with the initial condition \(f(0)=1\), where \(\alpha(x)=1+\frac{i}{\sqrt{x+1}}\). A representation of this solution is given by the author as follows [Am. Math. Mon. 111, No.~3, 230--237 (2004; Zbl 1077.39002)]: \[ T(x)=\sqrt{x+1}\cdot e^{i\varphi(x)} \] where \(\varphi\) satisfies the difference equation \[ \varphi(x+1)=\varphi(x)+c(x), \quad x \geq 0, \] with \[ c(x)=\arctan \frac{1}{\sqrt{x+1}}. \] By using a general result of stability in the sense of Hyers-Ulam, proved by \textit{C. Borelli} [Aequationes Math. 54, No.~1--2, 74--86 (1997; Zbl 0879.39009)], an approximation formula is given for the solution of the previous equation.

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