Form Symmetries and Reduction of Order in Difference Equations

Sedaghat, Hassan

ISBN 10: 1439807604 / ISBN 13: 9781439807606

Published by CRC Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Form Symmetries and Reduction of Order in Difference Equations
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1439807604
• ISBN 13: 9781439807606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Form Symmetries and Reduction of Order in Difference Equations presents a new approach to the formulation and analysis of difference equations in which the underlying space is typically an algebraic group. In some problems and applications, an additional algebraic or topological structure is assumed in order to define equations and obtain significant results about them. Reflecting the author’s past research experience, the majority of examples involve equations in finite dimensional Euclidean spaces.

The book first introduces difference equations on groups, building a foundation for later chapters and illustrating the wide variety of possible formulations and interpretations of difference equations that occur in concrete contexts. The author then proposes a systematic method of decomposition for recursive difference equations that uses a semiconjugate relation between maps. Focusing on large classes of difference equations, he shows how to find the semiconjugate relations and accompanying factorizations of two difference equations with strictly lower orders. The final chapter goes beyond semiconjugacy by extending the fundamental ideas based on form symmetries to nonrecursive difference equations.

With numerous examples and exercises, this book is an ideal introduction to an exciting new domain in the area of difference equations. It takes a fresh and all-inclusive look at difference equations and develops a systematic procedure for examining how these equations are constructed and solved.

About the Author

Hassan Sedaghat is a professor of mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University. His research interests include difference equations and discrete dynamical systems and their applications in mathematics, economics, biology, and medicine.