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He supposes also that no root of (2) is equal to the product of another by an integral power ofq. This restriction, however, is not fundamental.
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The case when |q|=1 has been satisfactorily treated in (C).
It will be said thatg 1(x),g 2(x),...g n (x) are linearly independent if the determinant |(g j (q i−1 x))β is not identically zero.
Cf. (C).
Cf. (BT; § 1; (6), (6a)).
Cf. (BT; § 3; (9), (9a), (10)). Fork=1 we have the system (8).
The latter condition is assumed only for convenience.
Unless stated to the contrary, asymptotic relations are taken in the ordinary sense, that is, to infinitely many terms.
Compare with certain analogous situations in (BT).
Provided that the coefficients of the equation are of the nature, in the vicinity ofx=∞, specified in § 1.
This follows by the reasoning employed in (BT) for an analogous purpose.
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Trjitzinsky, W.J. Analytic theory of linearq-difference equations. Acta Math. 61, 1–38 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02547785
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