Difference Equations, Part 4 - Duke University
https://services.math.duke.edu/education/ccp/materials/linalg/diffeqs/diffeq4.htmlDifference Equations Part 4: The General Case. Given numbers a 1, a 2, ... , a n, with a n different from 0, and a sequence {z k}, the equation. y k+n + a 1 y k+n-1 + .... + a n-1 y k+1 + a n y k = z k. is a linear difference equation of order n.If {z k} is the zero sequence {0, 0, ... }, then the equation is homogeneous.Otherwise, it is nonhomogeneous.. A linear difference equation of order n ...
Differential equation - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_equationThe theory of differential equations is closely related to the theory of difference equations, in which the coordinates assume only discrete values, and the relationship involves values of the unknown function or functions and values at nearby coordinates. Many methods to compute numerical solutions of differential equations or study the properties of differential equations involve the approximation of the solution of a differential equation by the solution of a corresponding differen…
Introduction to Difference Equations
www.math.utah.edu › mathcircle › notesProof. ∆an = λan is equivalent to the equation an+1 −(1+λ)an = 0. If λ 6= −1, then 1 + λ 6= 0, and we can divide through our equation by (1 +λ)n+1, giving us the difference equation ∆ an (1+λ)n = 0. By Lemma 1, an (1+λ)n = c for some constant c, and so an = c(1 +λ)n. If λ = −1, then we see that 0 = an+1 −(1+λ)an = an+1 for all n.