MATH F213: Discrete Mathematics

BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Aug - Dec 2023

Tutorial 7 (17/10/23)

1. Write a general expression for A(X) = P(X)/Q(X) specifying the coefficients

∞
for P(X) and Q(X) where A(X) generates the sequence {𝑎𝑛} 𝑛=0
and 𝑎𝑛
satisfies the following recurrence relations:

𝑎𝑛 − 2𝑎𝑛−3 + 𝑎𝑛−6 = 0 for 𝑛 ≥ 6 and 𝑎0 = 1 , 𝑎1 = 𝑎2 = 3

𝑎3 = 𝑎4 = 𝑎5 = 2

2. Solve the following recurrence relation using generating functions.

𝑎𝑛 − 2𝑎𝑛−3 + 𝑎𝑛−6 = 0 for 𝑛 ≥ 6 and 𝑎0 = 1 ,

𝑎1 = 0 = 𝑎2 = 𝑎3 = 𝑎4 = 𝑎5

3. Find a general expression for 𝑎𝑛 using generating functions.

𝑎𝑛 − 3𝑎𝑛−1 + 3𝑎𝑛−2 − 𝑎𝑛−3 = 0 for 𝑛 ≥ 3

4. Find the characteristic polynomial for the homogeneous recurrence relations

whose general solution has the form

𝑛 𝑛 𝑛 𝑛 𝑛
𝑎𝑛 = 𝐵12 + 𝐵2𝑛2 + 𝐵33 + 𝐵4𝑛3 + 𝐵56

5. Solve the following recurrence relation using the characteristic roots

5
𝑎𝑛 − 4𝑎𝑛−1 + 4𝑎𝑛−2 = 0 for 𝑛 ≥ 2 and 𝑎0 = 2
, 𝑎1 = 8