# Finding linear recurrences: reverse_rsolve

### 5.56.10 Finding linear recurrences: reverse_rsolve

The reverse_rsolve command finds a linear recurrence relation given the first few terms.

- reverse_rsolve takes one argument:
  v=[v0,…,v2n−1], a vector made of the first 2n terms of a sequence (vn) which is supposed to verify a linear recurrence relation of degree smaller than n

  xn*vn+k+…+x0*vk=0

  where the xj are n+1 unknowns.
- reverse_rsolve(v) returns the list x=[xn,…,x0] of the xj coefficients (if xn≠ 0 it is reduced to 1).

In other words, reverse_rsolve solves the linear system of n equations:

xn*vn+⋯+x0*v0 | = | 0
…
xn*vn+k+⋯+x0*vk | = | 0
…
xn*v2*n−1+⋯+x0*vn−1 | = | 0

The matrix A of the system has n rows and n+1 columns:

A=

⎛
⎜
⎜
⎜
⎜
⎜
⎝

vn | … | v0 | 0
⋮ |  |  | ⋮
vn+k | … | vk | 0
⋮ |  |  | ⋮
v2n−1 | v2 | vn−1 | 0

⎞
⎟
⎟
⎟
⎟
⎟
⎠

reverse_rsolve returns the list x=[xn,…,x1,x0] with xn=1 and x is the solution of the system Ax=0.

#### Examples:

- Find a sequence satisfying a linear recurrence of degree at most 2 whose first elements are 1, -1, 3, 3.
  Input:
  reverse_rsolve([1,-1,3,3])
  Output:

  ⎡ ⎣ | 1,−3,−6 | ⎤ ⎦

  Hence x0=−6, x1=−3, x2=1 and the recurrence relation is

  vk+2 −3vk+1 −6 vk =0

- Find a sequence satisfying a linear recurrence of degree at most 3 whose first elements are 1, -1, 3, 3,-1, 1.
  Input:
  reverse_rsolve([1,-1,3,3,-1,1])
  Output:

  ⎡
  ⎢
  ⎢
  ⎣

  1,−

  1
  2

  ,

  1
  2

  ,−1

  ⎤
  ⎥
  ⎥
  ⎦

  Hence, x0=−1, x1=1/2, x2=−1/2, x3=1, the recurrence relation is

  vk+3 −

  1
  2

  vk+2 +

  1
  2

  vk+1 −vk =0