Complex differential equation

Complex differential equation

A complex differential equation is a differential equation whose solutions are functions of a complex variable.

Constructing integrals involves choice of what path to take, which means singularities and branch points of the equation need to be studied. Analytic continuation is used to generate new solutions and this means topological considerations such as monodromy, coverings and connectedness are to be taken into account.

Existence and uniqueness theorems involve the use of majorants and minorants.

Study of rational second order ODEs in the complex plane led to the discovery of new transcendental special functions which are now known as Painlevé transcendents.

Nevanlinna theory can be used to study complex differential equations. This leads to extensions of Malmquist's theorem.

Generalizations

Generalizations include partial differential equations in several complex variables, or differential equations on complex manifolds.[1] Also there are at least a couple of ways of studying complex difference equations: either study holomorphic functions[2] which satisfy functional relations given by the difference equation or study discrete analogs[3] of holomorphicity such as monodiffric functions. Also integral equations can be studied in the complex domain.[4]

History

Some of the early contributors to the theory of complex differential equations include: Pierre Boutroux, Paul Painlevé, Lazarus Fuchs, Henri Poincaré, David Hilbert, George David Birkhoff, Kōsaku Yosida, Hans Wittich, Charles Briot, Jean Claude Bouquet, Johannes Malmquist.

See also

References

Further reading

  • Einar Hille (1976). Ordinary Differential Equations in the Complex Domain. Wiley. ISBN 0-471-39964-7. , reprinted by Dover, 1997.
  • E. Ince (1926). Ordinary Differential Equations. Dover. , reprinted by Dover, 2003.
  • Gromak, Laine, Shimomura (2002). Painlevé Differential Equations in the Complex Plane. de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-017379-4. 
  • Ilpo Laine (1992). Nevanlinna Theory and Complex Differential Equations. de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3110134223. 
  • Niels Erik Nörlund (1924). Vorlesungen uber Differenzenrechnung. Springer. , reprinted by Chelsea 1954

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