On algebraic differential equations satisfied by some elliptic functions II
Chowla, P ; Chowla, S
HAL, hal-01104334 / Harvested from HAL
In (I) we obtained the ``implicit'' algebraic differential equation for the function defined by $Y=\sum_1^{\infty}\frac{n^a x^n}{1-x^n}$ where $a$ is an odd positive integer, and conjectured that there are no algebraic differential equations for the case when $a$ is an even integer. In this note we obtain a simple proof that (this has been known for almost 200 years) $$Y=\sum_1^{\infty}x^{n^2}~~~~(\vert x\vert<1)$$satisfies an algebraic differential equation, and conjecture that $Y=\sum_1^{\infty} x^{n^k}$ (where $k$ is a positive bigger than $2$) does not satisfy an algebraic differential equation.
Publié le : 1984-07-04
Classification:  [MATH]Mathematics [math]
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     title = {On algebraic differential equations satisfied by some elliptic functions II},
     journal = {HAL},
     volume = {1984},
     number = {0},
     year = {1984},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/hal-01104334}
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Chowla, P; Chowla, S. On algebraic differential equations satisfied by some elliptic functions II. HAL, Tome 1984 (1984) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/hal-01104334/