{"title":"Analytical study of the pantograph equation using Jacobi theta functions","authors":"Changgui Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jat.2023.105974","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aim of this paper is to use the analytic theory of linear <span><math><mi>q</mi></math></span>-difference equations for the study of the functional-differential equation <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>y</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mi>a</mi><mi>y</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>q</mi><mi>x</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>+</mo><mi>b</mi><mi>y</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, where <span><math><mi>a</mi></math></span> and <span><math><mi>b</mi></math></span> are two non-zero real or complex numbers. When <span><math><mrow><mn>0</mn><mo><</mo><mi>q</mi><mo><</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><mi>y</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math></span><span>, the associated Cauchy problem admits a unique power series solution, </span><span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mo>∑</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mfrac><mrow><msub><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mo>−</mo><mi>a</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>b</mi><mo>;</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>!</mo></mrow></mfrac><mspace></mspace><msup><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>b</mi><mi>x</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span>, that converges in the whole complex <span><math><mi>x</mi></math></span><span>-plane. The principal result obtained in the paper explains how to express this entire function solution into a linear combination<span><span> of solutions at infinity with the help of integral representations involving Jacobi theta functions. As a by-product, this connection formula between zero and infinity allows one to rediscover the classic theorem of Kato and McLeod on the </span>asymptotic behavior of the solutions over the real axis.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":54878,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Approximation Theory","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Approximation Theory","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021904523001120","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to use the analytic theory of linear -difference equations for the study of the functional-differential equation , where and are two non-zero real or complex numbers. When and , the associated Cauchy problem admits a unique power series solution, , that converges in the whole complex -plane. The principal result obtained in the paper explains how to express this entire function solution into a linear combination of solutions at infinity with the help of integral representations involving Jacobi theta functions. As a by-product, this connection formula between zero and infinity allows one to rediscover the classic theorem of Kato and McLeod on the asymptotic behavior of the solutions over the real axis.
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The Journal of Approximation Theory is devoted to advances in pure and applied approximation theory and related areas. These areas include, among others:
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