On the choice of standard solutions to Weber's equation

Author(s):  
J. C. P. Miller

AbstractIn this paper the principles for the choice of a pair of standard solutions of a homogeneous linear differential equation of the second order, described in an earlier paper (2), are applied to Weber's equation

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (557) ◽  
pp. 257-264
Author(s):  
Bethany Fralick ◽  
Reginald Koo

We consider the second order homogeneous linear differential equation (H) $${ ay'' + by' + cy = 0 }$$ with real coefficients a, b, c, and a ≠ 0. The function y = emx is a solution if, and only if, m satisfies the auxiliary equation am2 + bm + c = 0. When the roots of this are the complex conjugates m = p ± iq, then y = e(p ± iq)x are complex solutions of (H). Nevertheless, real solutions are given by y = c1epx cos qx + c2epx sin qx.


Author(s):  
F. W. J. Olver

The zeros of solutions of the general second-order homogeneous linear differential equation are shown to satisfy a certain non-linear differential equation. The method here proposed for their determination is the numerical integration of this differential equation. It has the advantage of being independent of tabulated values of the actual functions whose zeros are being sought. As an example of the application of the method the Bessel functions Jn(x), Yn(x) are considered. Numerical techniques for integrating the differential equation for the zeros of these Bessel functions are described in detail.


2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
JASON P. BELL ◽  
STANLEY N. BURRIS ◽  
KAREN YEATS

AbstractLet K be a field of characteristic zero and suppose that f: → K satisfies a recurrence of the form \[ f(n) = \sum_{i=1}^d P_i(n) f(n-i), \] for n sufficiently large, where P1(z),. . .,Pd(z) are polynomials in K[z]. Given that Pd(z) is a nonzero constant polynomial, we show that the set of n ∈ for which f(n) = 0 is a union of finitely many arithmetic progressions and a finite set. This generalizes the Skolem–Mahler–Lech theorem, which assumes that f(n) satisfies a linear recurrence. We discuss examples and connections to the set of zero coefficients of a power series satisfying a homogeneous linear differential equation with rational function coefficients.


1986 ◽  
Vol 102 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 253-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Harris

SynopsisIn an earlier paper [6] we showed that if q ϵ CN[0, ε) for some ε > 0, then the Titchmarsh–Weyl m(λ) function associated with the second order linear differential equationhas the asymptotic expansionas |A| →∞ in a sector of the form 0 < δ < arg λ < π – δ.We show that if the real valued function q admits the expansionin a neighbourhood of 0, then


1942 ◽  
Vol 46 (378) ◽  
pp. 146-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Turton

In 1917–19, Barling and Webb, Berry, Cowley and Levy, and Webb and Lang discussed the elastic stability of struts of various tapers, but it appears to have escaped notice that one of the few cases in which formal integration is possible is that in which the tapered profile of axial longitudinal sections is part of a parabola; this gives a “ homogeneous linear “ differential equation, i.e., a linear equation of the form f (xd/dx) y = F (x).


1915 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 45-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Brodetsky

The linear differential equation of the second orderis not in general integrable by any method at present available. At the same time, several equations of this type have been integrated, either in terms of finite functions or by means of expansions in series. Some properties of the integrals of the general equation have also been obtained. It is the object of this paper to develop some general properties of these integrals, which throw some light on the nature of the solutions, even if not obtainable in explicit terms.


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