A Uniform Divisor-Comparison Method for Meromorphic Identities
Abstract
We present a uniform method for proving meromorphic function identities by comparing complete zero and pole multisets. A fixed annular Weierstrass normalization represents every nonzero meromorphic function uniquely as qt=ehtpZt/pPt, t=([ht],Zt,Pt), [ht]āšŖ(ā)/(2Ļiā¤). Thirteen principal comparisons, together with their specializations and consequences, use the same four steps: represent the two sides, compare their divisors, apply a divisor-comparison theorem (DCT), and normalize hsāht. A small library packages classical finite-order, parity, recurrence, and lattice-rigidity arguments for repeated use. The examples span sine, Gamma, Barnes G, Bessel, completed zeta, theta, and elliptic functions. Their breadth demonstrates reuse of one proof structure across these families; the family-specific hypotheses and scalar calculations remain explicit. The contribution is a methodological synthesis: shorter proofs where available, and otherwise a modular organization of classical arguments. The fixed factors supply common coordinates, rather than a new uniqueness hypothesis. Historically, the viewpoint is motivated by the nineteenth-century contrast between Riemann's global geometric approach to complex function theory and Weierstrass's analytic construction of functions; the present method deliberately combines global divisor data with fixed Weierstrass factors. An appendix develops the associated ring and field presentations, separately from the ordinary operations used in the proofs.
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BibTeX
@misc{wunderlich2026uniform,
title = {{A Uniform Divisor-Comparison Method for Meromorphic Identities}},
author = {Henning Wunderlich},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.18557},
eprint = {2609.18557},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18557},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - A Uniform Divisor-Comparison Method for Meromorphic Identities
AU - Henning Wunderlich
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/16
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.18557
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18557
AB - We present a uniform method for proving meromorphic function identities by comparing complete zero and pole multisets. A fixed annular Weierstrass normalization represents every nonzero meromorphic function uniquely as q_t=e^h_tp_Z_t/p_P_t, t=([h_t],Z_t,P_t), [h_t]āšŖ(ā)/(2Ļiā¤). Thirteen principal comparisons, together with their specializations and consequences, use the same four steps: represent the two sides, compare their divisors, apply a divisor-comparison theorem (DCT), and normalize h_sāh_t. A small library packages classical finite-order, parity, recurrence, and lattice-rigidity arguments for repeated use. The examples span sine, Gamma, Barnes G, Bessel, completed zeta, theta, and elliptic functions. Their breadth demonstrates reuse of one proof structure across these families; the family-specific hypotheses and scalar calculations remain explicit. The contribution is a methodological synthesis: shorter proofs where available, and otherwise a modular organization of classical arguments. The fixed factors supply common coordinates, rather than a new uniqueness hypothesis. Historically, the viewpoint is motivated by the nineteenth-century contrast between Riemann's global geometric approach to complex function theory and Weierstrass's analytic construction of functions; the present method deliberately combines global divisor data with fixed Weierstrass factors. An appendix develops the associated ring and field presentations, separately from the ordinary operations used in the proofs.
ER -