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Algebraic independence of solutions of linear difference equations Hardouin, Charlotte
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This work is a collaboration with B. Adamczewski (ICJ, France), T. Dreyfus (IRMA, France) and M. Wibmer (Graz University of Technology, Austria). In this talk, we will consider pairs of automorphisms $(\phi,\sigma)$ acting on fields of Laurent or Puiseux series: pairs of shift operators, of $q$-difference operators and of Mahler operators. Assuming that the operators $\phi$ and $\sigma$ are "independent", we show that their solutions are also "independent" in the sense that a solution $f$ to a linear $\phi$-equation and a solution $g$ to a linear $\sigma$-equation are algebraically independent over the field of rational functions unless one of them is a rational function. As a consequence, we settle a conjecture about Mahler functions put forward by Loxton and van der Poorten in 1987. We also give an application to the algebraic independence of $q$-hypergeometric functions. Our approach provides a general strategy to study this kind of questions and is based on a suitable Galois theory: the $\sigma$-Galois theory of linear $\phi$-equations developed by Ovchinnikov and Wibmer.
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Algebraic independence of solutions of linear difference equations
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Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery
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2020-11-13T10:00
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This work is a collaboration with B. Adamczewski (ICJ, France), T. Dreyfus (IRMA, France) and M. Wibmer (Graz University of Technology, Austria).
In this talk, we will consider pairs of automorphisms $(\phi,\sigma)$ acting on fields of Laurent or Puiseux series: pairs of shift operators, of $q$-difference operators and of Mahler operators. Assuming that the operators $\phi$ and $\sigma$ are "independent", we show that their solutions are also "independent" in the sense that a solution $f$ to a linear $\phi$-equation and a solution $g$ to a linear $\sigma$-equation are algebraically independent over the field of rational functions unless one of them is a rational function. As a consequence, we settle a conjecture about Mahler functions put forward by Loxton and van der Poorten in 1987. We also give an application to the algebraic independence of $q$-hypergeometric functions.
Our approach provides a general strategy to study this kind of questions and is based on a suitable Galois theory: the $\sigma$-Galois theory of linear $\phi$-equations developed by Ovchinnikov and Wibmer.
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57.0 minutes
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eng
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Author affiliation: Institut de mathematiques de Toulouse
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2021-05-13
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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10.14288/1.0397443
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Unreviewed
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