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Arithmetical properties of solutions of linear second order \(q\)-difference equations. (English) Zbl 1132.11334

Kanemitsu, Shigeru (ed.) et al., Number theoretic methods. Future trends. Proceedings of the 2nd China-Japan seminar, Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan, March 12–16, 2001. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (ISBN 1-4020-1080-X/hbk). Dev. Math. 8, 15-29 (2002).
Summary: A linear dependence measure is obtained for the values \(F(t)\) and \(F(qt)\) of solutions \(F(z)\) of linear second order \(q\)-difference equations. From the result, an irrationality measure for certain continued fractions is derived.
For the entire collection see [Zbl 1007.00028].

MSC:

11J82 Measures of irrationality and of transcendence
11J70 Continued fractions and generalizations
39A13 Difference equations, scaling (\(q\)-differences)