Learn about recurrence equations in data structure, their definitions, types, and applications in algorithm analysis.
A recurrence relation for the sequence {a n } is an equation that expresses an in terms of one or more of the previous terms of the sequence, namely, a 0 , a 1 , … a n-1 , for all integers n with n ≥ n 0 , where n 0 is a nonnegative integer. A sequence is ...
Arecurrencerelationforthesequence{an}isanequationthatexpressesanintermsofoneormoreoftheprevioustermsofthesequence,namely,a0,a1,…an-1,forallintegersnwithnn0,wheren0isanonnegativeinteger.Asequenceiscalledasolutionsofarecurrencerelationifitstermssatisfytherecurrencerelation. ...