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About topsquark

MS in QFT from SUNY Binghamton (1997) and have avidly studied the field and its associated Mathematics for the past 25 years. My interests are QFT (obviously), String Theory, and Group Theory with a side smattering of General Relativity, Abstract Algebra, and tensors.

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Reduction of Order For Recursions

October 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Analysis, Mathematics Tutorials/by topsquark

This is not meant as a full introduction to recursion relations but it should suffice for just about any level of the student. Most of us remember recursion relations from secondary school. We start with a number, say, 1. Then we add 3. That gives us 4. Now we that number and add 3 again…

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