ON CERTAIN g-DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS AND ¢-LAPLACE TRANSFORM by Wazir Hasan Anpt, Department of Mathematics and Astronomy, Lucknow University, Lucknow (Communicated by R. 8. Varma, ¥.N.I.) (Received May 19, 1960) ABSTRACT In thie peper use has boon made of the g-analogues of Laplace transform in finding the solution of g-linoar differance and allied equations. J. Intropuction In a recent paper (Abdi 1961) the author has studied certain properties of two g-analogues of the well-known Laplace transform defined respectively by the help of the integral equations (Hahn 1949, p. 871): sot de) = 8 EB {gsu) fla) ag, x). : + (Ll) and f.fe)= 1 Be(—sa)feddaz) -. we we (2) : —40 Rls) > 0. The objeot of this paper is to make use of these transforms and apply the rules established in the former paper for finding the solution of linear q-differ- enoe and certain allied equations. H. Dermriions ayp Notation In what follows, the following notations are used: (q: m) = (1—g)(1—q2)... (I—g") where 0_B(s) , @(s) being called the g-image of f(z). 1BEQUATIONS AND g-LAPLACE TRANSFORM 3 ‘The inversion is obtained by means of a complex integral : J (t) = 5 | P(s)eg(sx) ds, fe) =a) Mole where the path of integration C encircles the origin, and can also be deformed into a loop, parallel to the imaginary axis, In particular when 9(s) is regular, the inversion is 1 6-1) Plagr aly (ay gt Pee) | Je _ Ya @ Ina similar manner, the relationship Ef 0) = $0) = Beg (—s2) fle) dq 2) +e =TE Jo tho +9) shall be denoted by F(2) Do 4s), 4(8) being called the Q-image of f(z). TI. Lrvzar g-pirrerence Equations wrrm Constant CoRFFICTENTS Let us consider the linear g-difference equation OSV O)$ 0,290 Y@)+... Feafle) = Fe)... B.) where w, (i = 0, 1, 2, ...,”) are all constants independent of 2, and F(x) is q-differentiable possessing a qg-image ¥(s). The condition of g-differen- tiability of the two functions F(x) and f(z) involved implies that 2 is varying discretely through a set {9 gi} (9 fixed ; j =0, 1,2,...). As (Hahn 1950, p. 342) “inn S240) = Gaae 2, (OF "| gy(qr-iny, the q-image of 9” f(z) ns(om— 1) ~ i ™ 7 g gmg-in igi»), ae Gripe FO) 2 GH, |: va hatte), where m)__ gm)