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Definition of Difference equation
1. Noun. (mathematics) An equation involving an ordered sequence or real numbers () and some number if it's differences, where the ''first difference'' is defined as and the ''kth difference'' is defined recursively as . ¹
2. Noun. (mathematics) more broadly, any recurrence relation ¹
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Medical Definition of Difference equation
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