Re: Infinite system of linear equations
Klueless <kluel...@worldnet.att.net>
"Jules" <julianro
...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> We wish to find a sequence {a_j} of reals so that the
> sum as j goes from 1 to infinity of b_(i, j) * a_j = c_i for each i.
> This is, in some sense, a collection of countably-many linear equations
> in countably-many variables.
This is a discrete form of an integral equation. Viewing
a(j), b(i,j), c(i) as step functions in i, j, you see you are solving
Int(b(i,j)*a(j),j=0..infinity) = c(i)
for the unknown function a(j).
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_equation>
<http://mathworld.wolfram.com/IntegralEquation.html>
<http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FredholmIntegralEquationoftheFirstKind.html>
