Generalized Levinson–Durbin Sequences and Binomial Coefficients

The Levinson–Durbin recursion is used to construct the coefficients which define the minimum mean square error predictor of a new observation for a discrete time, second-order stationary stochastic process. As the sample size varies, the coefficients determine what is called a Levinson–Durbin sequence. A generalized Levinson–Durbin sequence is also defined, and we note that binomial coefficients constitute a special case of such a sequence. Generalized Levinson–Durbin sequences obey formulas which generalize relations satisfied by binomial coefficients. Some of these results are extended to vector stationary processes.