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Closed-form solution of a general three-term recurrence relation

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2013-11-20 v1

Abstract

We present a closed-form solution for n-th term of a general three-term recurrence relation with arbitrary given n-dependent coefficients. The derivation and corresponding proof are based on two approaches, which we develop and describe in detail. First, the recursive-sum theory, which gives the exact solution in a compact finite form using a recursive indexing. Second, the discrete dimensional-convolution procedure, which transforms the solution to the non-recursive expression of n, including a finite number of elementary operations and functions.

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@article{arxiv.1311.4774,
  title  = {Closed-form solution of a general three-term recurrence relation},
  author = {Ivan Gonoskov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.4774},
  year   = {2013}
}

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9 pages

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