Bessel common-zero conjecture for E-functions

Let αQ({±1/2}(N))\alpha\in\mathbb Q\setminus(\{\pm1/2\}\cup(-\mathbb N^*)), and let ff be an EE-function. The Bessel function JαJ_\alpha is understood through its normalized EE-function Γ(α+1)xαJα(x)\Gamma(\alpha+1)x^{-\alpha}J_\alpha(x).

Bessel common-zero conjecture. If ff and JαJ_\alpha share a common zero in C\mathbb C^*, then

\nf(x)=g(x)Γ(α+1)xαJα(x)\nf(x)=g(x)\Gamma(\alpha+1)x^{-\alpha}J_\alpha(x)

for some EE-function gg.

This is a proposed extension of the common-factor principle from exponential polynomials to general EE-functions. Its general case remains open.

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Primary source

Stéphane Fischler and Tanguy Rivoal, “Zeros of E-functions and of exponential polynomials defined over Q”, arXiv:2503.20345 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2018–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1807.08808.

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