Manuel Kauers,
"Shift Equivalence of P-finite Sequences"
, in The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, Vol. 13, Nummer 1, Seite(n) 1-16, 2006, ISSN: 1077-8926
Original Titel:
Shift Equivalence of P-finite Sequences
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
We present an algorithm which decides the shift equivalence problem for P-finite sequences. A sequence is called P-finite if it satisfies a homogeneous linear recurrence equation with polynomial coefficients. Two sequences are called shift equivalent if shifting one of the sequences $s$ times makes it identical to the other, for some integer~$s$. Our algorithm computes, for any two P-finite sequences, given via recurrence equation and initial values, all integers $s$ such that shifting the first sequence $s$ times yields the second.