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Definite Sums as Solutions of Linear Recurrences With Polynomial Coefficients

Symbolic Computation 2018-04-10 v1

Abstract

We present an algorithm which, given a linear recurrence operator LL with polynomial coefficients, mN{0}m \in \mathbb{N}\setminus\{0\}, a1,a2,,amN{0}a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_m \in \mathbb{N}\setminus\{0\} and b1,b2,,bmKb_1,b_2,\ldots,b_m \in \mathbb{K}, returns a linear recurrence operator LL' with rational coefficients such that for every sequence hh, L(k=0i=1m(ain+bik)hk)=0 L\left(\sum_{k=0}^\infty \prod_{i=1}^m \binom{a_i n + b_i}{k} h_k\right) = 0 if and only if Lh=0L' h = 0.

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@article{arxiv.1804.02964,
  title  = {Definite Sums as Solutions of Linear Recurrences With Polynomial Coefficients},
  author = {Marko Petkovšek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.02964},
  year   = {2018}
}