On the Hill Discriminant of Lamé's Differential Equation

Lamé's differential equation is a linear differential equation of the second order with a periodic coefficient involving the Jacobian elliptic function sn, depending on the modulus , and two additional parameters and . This differential equation appears in several applications, for example, th...

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Datum:2024
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description Lamé's differential equation is a linear differential equation of the second order with a periodic coefficient involving the Jacobian elliptic function sn, depending on the modulus , and two additional parameters and . This differential equation appears in several applications, for example, the motion of coupled particles in a periodic potential. Stability and existence of periodic solutions of Lamé's equations are determined by the value of its Hill discriminant (, , ). The Hill discriminant is compared to an explicitly known quantity, including explicit error bounds. This result is derived from the observation that Lamé's equation with = 1 can be solved by hypergeometric functions because then the elliptic function reduces to the hyperbolic tangent function. A connection relation between hypergeometric functions then allows the approximation of the Hill discriminant by a simple expression. In particular, one obtains an asymptotic approximation of (, , ) when the modulus tends to 1.
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On the Hill Discriminant of Lamé's Differential Equation. Hans Volkmer. SIGMA 20 (2024), 021, 9 pages
1815-0659
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: 33E10; 34D20
arXiv:2306.12539
https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/212174
https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2024.021
Lamé's differential equation is a linear differential equation of the second order with a periodic coefficient involving the Jacobian elliptic function sn, depending on the modulus , and two additional parameters and . This differential equation appears in several applications, for example, the motion of coupled particles in a periodic potential. Stability and existence of periodic solutions of Lamé's equations are determined by the value of its Hill discriminant (, , ). The Hill discriminant is compared to an explicitly known quantity, including explicit error bounds. This result is derived from the observation that Lamé's equation with = 1 can be solved by hypergeometric functions because then the elliptic function reduces to the hyperbolic tangent function. A connection relation between hypergeometric functions then allows the approximation of the Hill discriminant by a simple expression. In particular, one obtains an asymptotic approximation of (, , ) when the modulus tends to 1.
The author thanks the anonymous referees whose remarks led to an improvement of the paper.
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Інститут математики НАН України
Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
On the Hill Discriminant of Lamé's Differential Equation
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