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On the zeros of generalized Airy functions

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We investigate the behaviour with respect to the parameterγ > 0 of the zeros of the solutions of the differential equation y″+yγ=0. We show that under appropriate restrictions such zeros are logconvex.

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  1. Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O.B. 127, H-1364, Budapest, Hungary

    Àrpàd Elbert

  2. Dipartimento di Energetica, Università degli Studi di L'Aquila, I 67040, Roio, Poggio, Italy

    Andrea Laforgia

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Work sponsored by CNR, Gruppo Nazionale per l'Informatica Matematica, of Italy.

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Elbert, À., Laforgia, A. On the zeros of generalized Airy functions. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 42, 521–526 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00946174

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