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Solving Third Order Linear Difference Equations in Terms of Second Order Equations

Commutative Algebra 2024-06-12 v2

Abstract

We present two algorithms for computing what we call the absolute factorization of a difference operator. We also give an algorithm to solve third order difference equations in terms of second order equations, together with applications to OEIS sequences. The latter algorithm is similar to existing algorithms for differential equations.

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@article{arxiv.2402.11121,
  title  = {Solving Third Order Linear Difference Equations in Terms of Second Order Equations},
  author = {Heba Bou KaedBey and Mark van Hoeij and Man Cheung Tsui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.11121},
  year   = {2024}
}
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