Abstract
A computationally economic summation technique for minimal solutions of linear homogeneous difference equations of arbitrary order is presented. Its numerical stability is shown by means of a rounding error analysis. The results are illustrated by numerical examples.
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Es wird eine effiziente Summationsmethode für Minimallösungen von linearen homogenen Differenzengleichungen beliebiter Ordnung vorgeschlagen. Ihre numerische Stabilität wird durch eine Rundungsfehleranalyse gezeigt. Die Resultate werden durch numerische Beispiele veranschaulicht.
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Deuflhard, P. A summation technique for minimal solutions of linear homogeneous difference equations. Computing 18, 1–13 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02248773
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02248773