Solutions of Linear Difference Equations with Variable Coefficients

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-91

  Mallik, Ranjan K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Linear difference equation; variable coefficients; explicit solution; companion matrices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000651502     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmaa.1997.5903     Document Type: Article

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