Preface |
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Algebraic and Algorithmic Aspects of Linear Difference Equations |
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1 | (42) |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (6) |
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3 | (1) |
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2.2 Irreducible varieties |
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4 | (2) |
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2.3 Morphisms and coordinate rings |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (1) |
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3 Linear algebraic groups |
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8 | (5) |
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3.1 Linear algebraic groups |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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4 Picard-Vessiot extensions |
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13 | (7) |
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4.1 Difference rings and fields |
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13 | (1) |
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4.2 Linear difference equations and Picard-Vessiot extensions |
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14 | (5) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (7) |
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5.1 Galois groups of PV extensions |
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20 | (1) |
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5.2 PV extensions and torsors |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (2) |
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5.4 Galois correspondence |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (1) |
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6 Computational questions |
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27 | (9) |
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6.1 Calculating PV groups and algebraic relations among solutions of linear difference equations |
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27 | (4) |
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6.2 Liouvillian sequences |
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31 | (5) |
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7 Hints and answers to problems |
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36 | (7) |
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7.1 Problems for Section 2 |
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36 | (1) |
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7.2 Problems for Section 3 |
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37 | (1) |
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7.3 Problems for Section 4 |
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38 | (1) |
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7.4 Problems for Section 5 |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (3) |
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Galoisian Approach to Differential Transcendence |
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43 | (60) |
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43 | (2) |
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2 Differential algebraic equations from an algebraic point of view |
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45 | (18) |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (2) |
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2.3 Differential polynomial rings and differential algebras |
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50 | (7) |
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57 | (6) |
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3 Differential algebraic geometry |
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63 | (15) |
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3.1 Differential algebraic sets |
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64 | (2) |
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3.2 κ-δ-coordinate rings and κ-δ-morphisms |
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66 | (4) |
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3.3 Dimension of a κ-δ-closed set |
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70 | (1) |
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3.4 From algebraic geometry to differential algebraic geometry and vice versa |
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71 | (1) |
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71 | (7) |
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4 Parametrized Picard-Vessiot theory |
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78 | (25) |
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79 | (1) |
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4.2 Parametrized Picard-Vessiot rings |
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80 | (8) |
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4.3 The parametrized Galois group |
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88 | (4) |
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4.4 Applications to differential transcendence and isomonodromic problems |
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92 | (7) |
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99 | (4) |
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Analytic Study of q-Difference Equations |
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103 | (61) |
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1 Introduction and motivation: q-analogies |
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106 | (9) |
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1.1 Euler, the master of the series |
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106 | (4) |
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1.2 q-analogues and q-degeneracies |
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110 | (4) |
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1.3 Exercises on Section 1 |
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114 | (1) |
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2 Some difference and q-difference algebra |
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115 | (11) |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (2) |
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2.6 Exercises on Section 2 |
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124 | (2) |
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3 Fuchsian q-difference equations and systems |
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126 | (13) |
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3.1 Definitions and criteria |
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126 | (1) |
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3.2 Local reduction and classification |
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127 | (2) |
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3.3 Solving fuchsian systems |
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129 | (3) |
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3.4 Local and global classification of fuchsian systems |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (2) |
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3.6 Exercises on Section 3 |
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136 | (3) |
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4 Galois and q-monodromy groups of fuchsian systems |
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139 | (11) |
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4.1 Local fuchsian differential Galois group and monodromy group |
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139 | (4) |
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4.2 Local fuchsian q-difference Galois group and q-monodromy group |
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143 | (5) |
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4.3 Global fuchsian q-difference Galois group and q-monodromy group |
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148 | (1) |
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4.4 Exercises on Section 4 |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (14) |
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5.1 The Newton polygon of an operator |
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150 | (1) |
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5.2 Factorisation of operators |
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151 | (5) |
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156 | (3) |
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5.4 Birkhoff-Guenther normal form |
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159 | (4) |
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163 | (1) |
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5.6 Exercises on Section 5 |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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A.1 What lies behind q-degeneracies |
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164 | (1) |
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A.2 Degeneracy of basic functions when q → 1 |
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165 | (1) |
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A.3 Degeneracy of canonical solutions when q → 1 |
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166 | (1) |
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A.4 Degeneracy of Birkhoff's matrix when q → 1 |
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167 | (1) |
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A.5 Basic hypergeometric series again |
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168 | (1) |
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A.6 Exercises on Appendix A |
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169 | (1) |
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