Difference equation

English

Noun

1. Template:Lb An equation involving an ordered sequence of real numbers (${\left\{a_n\right\}}_{n=1}^{\mathrm{\infty }}$) and some of its differences, where the first difference is defined as $\mathrm{\Delta }(a_n)=a_{n+1}-a_n$ and the k^th difference is defined recursively as ${\mathrm{\Delta }}^k(a_n)={\mathrm{\Delta }}^{k-1}(a_{n+1})-{\mathrm{\Delta }}^{k-1}(a_n)$.
2. Template:Lb more broadly, any recurrence relation

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