Positivity of second order linear recurrent sequences

نویسندگان

  • Vesa Halava
  • Tero Harju
  • Mika Hirvensalo
چکیده

We give an elementary proof for the Positivity Problem for second order recurrent sequences: it is decidable whether or not a recurrent sequence defined by un = aun−1 + bun−2 has only nonnegative terms.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Discrete Applied Mathematics

دوره 154  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006