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A linear recurrence denotes the evolution of some variable over time, with the current time period or discrete moment in time denoted as t, one period earlier denoted as t − 1, one period later as t + 1, etc. The solution of such an equation is a function of t, and not of any iterate values, giving the value of the iterate at any time.
A famous example is the recurrence for the Fibonacci numbers, = + where the order is two and the linear function merely adds the two previous terms. This example is a linear recurrence with constant coefficients, because the coefficients of the linear function (1 and 1) are constants that do not depend on .
The equation is called a linear recurrence with constant coefficients of order d. The order of the sequence is the smallest positive integer d {\displaystyle d} such that the sequence satisfies a recurrence of order d , or d = 0 {\displaystyle d=0} for the everywhere-zero sequence.
A sequence () is called hypergeometric if the ratio of two consecutive terms is a rational function in , i.e. (+) / (). This is the case if and only if the sequence is the solution of a first-order recurrence equation with polynomial coefficients.
In the spiral, each triangle shares a side with two others giving a visual proof that the Padovan sequence also satisfies the recurrence relation = + ()Starting from this, the defining recurrence and other recurrences as they are discovered, one can create an infinite number of further recurrences by repeatedly replacing () by () + ()
The roots of this equation are = and = and so the general solution to the recurrence relation is = + (). Rounding errors in the computation of y 1 {\displaystyle y_{1}} would mean a nonzero (though small) value of c 2 {\displaystyle c_{2}} so that eventually the parasitic solution ( − 5 ) n {\displaystyle (-5)^{n}} would dominate.
The rule of sum is an intuitive principle stating that if there are a possible outcomes for an event (or ways to do something) and b possible outcomes for another event (or ways to do another thing), and the two events cannot both occur (or the two things can't both be done), then there are a + b total possible outcomes for the events (or total possible ways to do one of the things).
A repeating decimal or recurring decimal is a decimal representation of a number whose digits are eventually periodic (that is, after some place, the same sequence of digits is repeated forever); if this sequence consists only of zeros (that is if there is only a finite number of nonzero digits), the decimal is said to be terminating, and is not considered as repeating.