A non-hypergeometric E-function
Event details
| Date | 07.12.2022 |
| Hour | 14:15 › 15:15 |
| Speaker | Javier Fresàn (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France) |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
In a landmark 1929 paper, Siegel introduced the class of E-functions with the goal of generalising the transcendence theorems for the values of the exponential. E-functions are power series with algebraic coefficients subject to certain growth conditions of arithmetic nature that satisfy a linear differential equation. Besides the exponential, examples include Bessel functions and a rich family of hypergeometric series. Siegel asked whether all E-functions are polynomial expressions in these hypergeometric series. I will explain why the answer is negative and a possible amendment to Siegel's question in the form "all E-functions come from exponential motives". This is a joint work with P. Jossen.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Eva Bayer et Arthur Forey
Contact
- Monique Kiener (if you want to attend to the seminar by zoom, please contact me, and I'll give you the link)