Arbitrary Homogeneous Linear Equations with Constant Coefficients

2019 ◽  
pp. 353-370
Author(s):  
Kenneth B. Howell
Keyword(s):  
Linear Equations ◽  
Constant Coefficients ◽  
Homogeneous Linear

scholarly journals Note on some representations of general solutions to homogeneous linear difference equations

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stevo Stević ◽  
Bratislav Iričanin ◽  
Witold Kosmala ◽  
Zdeněk Šmarda
Keyword(s):  
General Solution ◽  
Difference Equation ◽  
Difference Equations ◽  
Fibonacci Sequence ◽  
Linear Difference Equation ◽  
Linear Difference Equations ◽  
Second Order Difference Equation ◽  
Constant Coefficients ◽  
Order Difference Equation ◽  
Homogeneous Linear

Abstract It is known that every solution to the second-order difference equation $x_{n}=x_{n-1}+x_{n-2}=0$ x n = x n − 1 + x n − 2 = 0 , $n\ge 2$ n ≥ 2 , can be written in the following form $x_{n}=x_{0}f_{n-1}+x_{1}f_{n}$ x n = x 0 f n − 1 + x 1 f n , where $f_{n}$ f n is the Fibonacci sequence. Here we find all the homogeneous linear difference equations with constant coefficients of any order whose general solution have a representation of a related form. We also present an interesting elementary procedure for finding a representation of general solution to any homogeneous linear difference equation with constant coefficients in terms of the coefficients of the equation, initial values, and an extension of the Fibonacci sequence. This is done for the case when all the roots of the characteristic polynomial associated with the equation are mutually different, and then it is shown that such obtained representation also holds in other cases. It is also shown that during application of the procedure the extension of the Fibonacci sequence appears naturally.

Linear differential equations with constant coefficients

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (557) ◽  
pp. 257-264
Author(s):  
Bethany Fralick ◽  
Reginald Koo
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equation ◽  
Linear Differential Equation ◽  
Auxiliary Equation ◽  
Real Solutions ◽  
Constant Coefficients ◽  
Linear Differential ◽  
Complex Solutions ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Homogeneous Linear ◽  
Homogeneous Linear Differential Equation

We consider the second order homogeneous linear differential equation (H) $${ ay'' + by' + cy = 0 }$$ with real coefficients a, b, c, and a ≠ 0. The function y = emx is a solution if, and only if, m satisfies the auxiliary equation am2 + bm + c = 0. When the roots of this are the complex conjugates m = p ± iq, then y = e(p ± iq)x are complex solutions of (H). Nevertheless, real solutions are given by y = c1epx cos qx + c2epx sin qx.

A New Algorithm for Calculating the Degrees of Freedom of Complex Mechanisms

2011 ◽  
Vol 346 ◽  
pp. 324-331
Author(s):  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Xin Luo ◽  
Wen Chuan Jia ◽  
Yuan Tai Hu ◽  
Hong Ping Hu
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Linear Equations ◽  
Linear Constraint ◽  
Coefficient Matrix ◽  
Constraint Matrix ◽  
Constraint Equations ◽  
Complex Mechanisms ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Homogeneous Linear

A new algorithm is presented to calculate the degrees of freedom (DOFs) of spatial complex mechanisms by using the coefficient matrix of the linear constraint equations. A joint constraint matrix is firstly put forward for each kind of joint to formulate linear constraint equations in terms of spatial fine displacements of joint acting point with respect to joint frame. Two kinds of transformation are then proposed to rewrite all the constraint equations in terms of a set of fine displacements of all bodies and it leads to a set of homogeneous linear equations. The rank of the resulting coefficient matrix stands for the number of effective constraints and therefore the DOFs of the mechanism can be easily figured out. The proposed method can be widely used to solve the problem of DOFs for many spatial complex mechanisms, which may not be correctly solved with traditional approaches. Besides, the proposed method is very easy for implementation.

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