First-order factors of linear Mahler operators
Résumé
We develop and compare two algorithms for computing first-order right-hand factors in the
ring of linear Mahler operators
$\ell_r M^r + \dots + \ell_1 M + \ell_0$
where $\ell_0, \dots, \ell_r$ are polynomials in~$x$ and $Mx = x^b M$ for some
integer~$b \geq 2$.
In other words, we give algorithms for finding all formal infinite product
solutions of linear functional equations
$\ell_r(x) f(x^{b^r}) + \dots + \ell_1(x) f(x^b) + \ell_0(x) f(x) = 0$.
The first of our algorithms is adapted from Petkovšek's classical algorithm for
the analogous problem in the case of linear recurrences.
The second one proceeds
by computing a basis of generalized power series solutions of the functional equation
and by using Hermite--Padé approximants to detect those linear combinations of the solutions
that correspond to first-order factors.
We present implementations of both algorithms and discuss their use
in combination with criteria from the literature
to prove the differential transcendence of power series solutions of Mahler
equations.
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