Title
Factorization of the Heun's differential operator
Abstract
The differential equation with four regular singularities located at z = 0, 1, a and ∞, called the Heun's equation (HE), is y"(z) + [/γ z ; + /δ z - 1; + /ε z - a ;] y'(z) + αβz - q / z ( z - 1) (z - a) y(z) = 0 with α + β + 1 = γ + δ + ε, and defines the Heun's operator H by H [ y ( z )] = { P 3 ( z ) D 2 + P 2 (z)D + P 1 ( Z )}[ y(z) ] with D ≡ d/d z and P i (z) polynomials of degree i . H can be factorized in the form H = [ L(z)D + M(z) ][ L(z)D + M(z) ] Polynomials L, L, M and M are given explicitly in the cases where this factorization is possible. It is shown that the value of the parameters α, β and q allowing the factorization coincides with those obtained from the F -homotopic transformation: y(z) = z ρ ( z - 1) σ ( z - a) τ y(z) forcing y(z) to be solution of a HE as y(z).
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1016/S0096-3003(02)00331-4
Applied Mathematics and Computation
Keywords
Field
DocType
Fuchsian equations,Homotopic transformations,Factorization
Differential equation,Polynomial,Mathematical analysis,Differential operator,Operator (computer programming),Factorization,Gravitational singularity,Operator theory,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
141
1
0096-3003
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
1.70
4
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
A. RONVEAUX1249.81