On the non-holonomic character of logarithms, powers, and the \(n\)th prime function
The electronic journal of combinatorics, The Stanley Festschrift volume, Tome 11 (2004) no. 2
We establish that the sequences formed by logarithms and by "fractional" powers of integers, as well as the sequence of prime numbers, are non-holonomic, thereby answering three open problems of Gerhold [El. J. Comb. 11 (2004), R87]. Our proofs depend on basic complex analysis, namely a conjunction of the Structure Theorem for singularities of solutions to linear differential equations and of an Abelian theorem. A brief discussion is offered regarding the scope of singularity-based methods and several naturally occurring sequences are proved to be non-holonomic.
DOI :
10.37236/1894
Classification :
05A15, 11B83, 33E30
Mots-clés : holonomic sequence, \(P\)-recursive sequence, generating function, singularities
Mots-clés : holonomic sequence, \(P\)-recursive sequence, generating function, singularities
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Philippe Flajolet; Stefan Gerhold; Bruno Salvy. On the non-holonomic character of logarithms, powers, and the \(n\)th prime function. The electronic journal of combinatorics, The Stanley Festschrift volume, Tome 11 (2004) no. 2. doi: 10.37236/1894
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