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Equivalence of difference equations within the web theory

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Elementary version of moving frame method is applied to the symmetries and equivalences of second-order difference equations. Close links to the web theory and Riemannian geometry are established.

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Correspondence to Václav Tryhuk.

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Communicated by Michal Fečkan

This research has been conducted at the Department of Mathematics as part of the research project CEZ: Progressive Reliable and Durable Structures, MSM 0021630519.

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Tryhuk, V., Chrastinová, V. Equivalence of difference equations within the web theory. Math. Slovaca 62, 735–750 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2478/s12175-012-0041-x

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