Difference equations : from rabbits to chaos
Paul Cull, Mary Flahive, Robby Robson.
New York : Springer, ©2005.
xiii, 392 págs. : ilustraciones ; 25 cm.
Serie: Undergraduate texts in mathematics
ISBN: 0387232338, 0387232346 (pbk.)
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [369]-380) e índice.
Reseña: MathSciNet, 2006j:39001
Contenido
- 1. Fibonacci numbers
- 2. Homogeneous linear recurrence relations
- 3. Finite difference equations
- 4. Generating functions
- 5. Nonnegative difference equations
- 6. Leslie's population matrix model
- 7. Matrix difference equations
- 8. Modular recurrences
- 9. Computational complexity
- 10. Some nonlinear recurrences
- Appendix A. Worked examples
- Appendix B. Complex numbers
- Appendix C. Highlights of linear algebra
- Appendix D. Roots in the unit circle.
