scholarly journals Difference Equations and Generating Functions for some Lattice Path Problems

Author(s):  
Sreelatha Chandragiri

An identity for generating functions is proved in this paper. A novel method to compute the number of restricted lattice paths is developed on the basis of this identity. The method employs a difference equation with non-constant coefficients. Dyck paths, Schr¨oder paths, Motzkins path and other paths are computed to illustrate this method

Author(s):  
Alexander P. Lyapin ◽  
Sreelatha Chandragiri

We consider a variant of the Cauchy problem for a multidimensional difference equation with constant coefficients, which connected with a lattice path problem in enumerative combinatorial analysis. We obtained a formula in which generating function of the solution to the Cauchy problem is expressed in terms of generating functions of the Cauchy data and a formula expressing solution to the Cauchy problem through its fundamental solution and Cauchy data


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stevo Stević ◽  
Bratislav Iričanin ◽  
Witold Kosmala ◽  
Zdeněk Šmarda

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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas R. Anderson ◽  
Masakazu Onitsuka

Many applications using discrete dynamics employ either q-difference equations or h-difference equations. In this work, we introduce and study the Hyers–Ulam stability (HUS) of a quantum (q-difference) equation of Euler type. In particular, we show a direct connection between quantum equations of Euler type and h-difference equations of constant step size h with constant coefficients and an arbitrary integer order. For equation orders greater than two, the h-difference results extend first-order and second-order results found in the literature, and the Euler-type q-difference results are completely novel for any order. In many cases, the best HUS constant is found.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Cao ◽  
Binbin Xu ◽  
Sama Arjika

AbstractIn this paper, we deduce the generalized q-difference equations for general Al-Salam–Carlitz polynomials and generalize Arjika’s recent results (Arjika in J. Differ. Equ. Appl. 26:987–999, 2020). In addition, we obtain transformational identities by the method of q-difference equation. Moreover, we deduce $U(n+1)$ U ( n + 1 ) type generating functions and Ramanujan’s integrals involving general Al-Salam–Carlitz polynomials by q-difference equation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-225
Author(s):  
Helmut Prodinger

Abstract The lattice path model suggested by E. Deutsch is derived from ordinary Dyck paths, but with additional down-steps of size −3, −5, −7, . . . . For such paths, we find the generating functions of them, according to length, ending at level i, both, when considering them from left to right and from right to left. The generating functions are intrinsically cubic, and thus (for i = 0) in bijection to various objects, like even trees, ternary trees, etc.


2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 571-590
Author(s):  
Mei Wang ◽  
Baoguo Jia ◽  
Feifei Du ◽  
Xiang Liu

AbstractIn this paper, an integral inequality and the fractional Halanay inequalities with bounded time delays in fractional difference are investigated. By these inequalities, the asymptotical stability conditions of Caputo and Riemann-Liouville fractional difference equation with bounded time delays are obtained. Several examples are presented to illustrate the results.


Author(s):  
Robert Stegliński

AbstractIn this work, we establish optimal Lyapunov-type inequalities for the second-order difference equation with p-Laplacian $$\begin{aligned} \Delta (\left| \Delta u(k-1)\right| ^{p-2}\Delta u(k-1))+a(k)\left| u(k)\right| ^{p-2}u(k)=0 \end{aligned}$$ Δ ( Δ u ( k - 1 ) p - 2 Δ u ( k - 1 ) ) + a ( k ) u ( k ) p - 2 u ( k ) = 0 with Dirichlet, Neumann, mixed, periodic and anti-periodic boundary conditions.


2008 ◽  
Vol 144 (4) ◽  
pp. 867-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Pulita

AbstractWe develop the theory of p-adic confluence of q-difference equations. The main result is the fact that, in the p-adic framework, a function is a (Taylor) solution of a differential equation if and only if it is a solution of a q-difference equation. This fact implies an equivalence, called confluence, between the category of differential equations and those of q-difference equations. We develop this theory by introducing a category of sheaves on the disk D−(1,1), for which the stalk at 1 is a differential equation, the stalk at q isa q-difference equation if q is not a root of unity, and the stalk at a root of unity ξ is a mixed object, formed by a differential equation and an action of σξ.


2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Luc Guilbault ◽  
Mario Lefebvre

Abstract The so-called gambler’s ruin problem in probability theory is considered for a Markov chain having transition probabilities depending on the current state. This problem leads to a non-homogeneous difference equation with non-constant coefficients for the expected duration of the game. This mathematical expectation is computed explicitly.


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