2.3.1.3 Generating function
Theorem 2.2.5 yields that for every 
the functions 
and 
and 
satisfy
with boundary conditions 
and 
, 
and 
, and 
, respectively. The characteristic polynomial for this second-order linear recursion is
We avoid treating separately the cases 
and by considering first ...
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