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Rational solutions of linear difference equations: Universal denominators and denominator bounds

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Complexities of some well-known algorithms for finding rational solutions of linear difference equations with polynomial coefficients are studied.

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  1. Dorodnicyn Computing Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 40, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    S. A. Abramov & D. E. Khmelnov

  2. XLIM, Universit@e de Limoges, CNRS, 123, av. Thoma, 87060, Limoges, France

    A. Gheffar

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Original Russian Text © S.A. Abramov, A. Gheffar, D.E. Khmelnov, 2011, published in Programmirovanie, 2011, Vol. 37, No. 2.

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Abramov, S.A., Gheffar, A. & Khmelnov, D.E. Rational solutions of linear difference equations: Universal denominators and denominator bounds. Program Comput Soft 37, 78–86 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0361768811020022

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