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What is a Difference Equation?

In: Differential and Difference Equations through Computer Experiments

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  • Hüseyin Koçak

    (Brown University, Lefschetz Center for Dynamical Systems Division of Applied Mathematics
    University of Miami, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science)

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The theory of difference equations, despite its absence from the undergraduate curriculum, is an old and beautiful part of mathematics, one with diverse applications to many subjects: biology, economics, numerical analysis, etc. In a difference equation, change takes place in discrete time intervals. For example, in modeling populations of seasonally breeding animals, it is preferable to use difference equations rather than differential equations because the size of the next generation is largely determined by that of the current one.

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  • Hüseyin Koçak, 1989. "What is a Difference Equation?," Springer Books, in: Differential and Difference Equations through Computer Experiments, edition 0, chapter 0, pages 19-30, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4612-3610-8_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3610-8_3
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