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On the transcendency of the solutions of a special class of functional equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Kurt Mahler
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
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Abstract

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Let a(z) and b(w) be two rational functions in z or W with algebraic coefficients, where a(0) = 0 and let

Assume that 0 < |z| < 1, that z is not a pole of for n ≥ 0, that w is neither a pole nor a zero of b(w, n) for n ≥ 1, and that the series

for fixed w is a transcendental function of z. Then, if z and W are algebraic numbers, f(z, w) is a transcendental number.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1975

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