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A closed form to the general solution of linear difference equations with variable coefficients

Functional Analysis 2014-12-31 v1

Abstract

The determinant of a lower Hessenberg matrix (Hessenbergian) is expressed as a sum of signed elementary products indexed by initial segments of nonnegative integers. A closed form alternative to the recurrence expression of Hessenbergians is thus obtained. This result further leads to a closed form of the general solution for regular order linear difference equations with variable coefficients, including equations of N-order and equations of ascending order.

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@article{arxiv.1412.8521,
  title  = {A closed form to the general solution of linear difference equations with variable coefficients},
  author = {A. G. Paraskevopoulos and M. Karanasos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.8521},
  year   = {2014}
}

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16 pages

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