The rational-transcendental dichotomy of Mahler functions
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In this paper, we give a new proof of a result due to Bezivin that a D-finite Mahler function is necessarily rational. This also gives a new proof of the rational-transcendental dichotomy of Mahler functions due to Nishioka. Using our method of proof, we also provide a new proof of a Polya-Carlson type result for Mahler functions due to Rande; that is, a Mahler function which is meromorphic in the unit disk is either rational or has the unit circle as a natural boundary.
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