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Reducing a partial difference equation into a partial differential equation and solving for the generating function using method of characteristics

I am going to solve a partial difference equation, firstly to transform it into a partial differential equation by using generating function method. Then, the partial differential equation can be solved by using method of characteristics.

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Solving recurrence equation with indexes from negative infinity to positive infinity

In many cases, the recurrence equations that people are solving involves index of only non-negative values. Here I have a recurrence equation which arises from transport of light in an infinite 1D chain:

where is the Kronecker delta function. i.e.:

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A free ebook about generating function, "generatingfunctionology"

In the above website, you can download the ebook "generatingfunctionology". In short, it teaches the technique of generating function, and different usage of it in mathematics.

Generating function is a very useful technique in discrete mathematics. And we can use it to solve recurrence equations easily. For example:

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ross_tang 08 Apr 10
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