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Generating Functions in Engineering and the Applied Sciences
Rajan Chattamvelli, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Ramalingam Shanmugam, Texas State University
This is an introductory book on generating functions (GFs) and their applications. It discusses
commonly encountered generating functions in engineering and applied sciences, such as ordinary
generating functions (OGF), exponential generating functions (EGF), probability generating functions
(PGF), etc. Some new GFs like Pochhammer generating functions for both rising and falling factorials
are introduced in Chapter 2. Two novel GFs called “mean deviation generating function” (MDGF) and
“survival function generating function” (SFGF), are introduced in Chapter 3. The mean deviation of a
variety of discrete distributions are derived using the MDGF. The last chapter discusses a large number
of applications in various disciplines including algebra, analysis of algorithms, polymer chemistry,
combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, reliability, epidemiology, bio-informatics, genetics,
management, economics, and statistics.
Some background knowledge on GFs is often assumed for courses in analysis of algorithms,
advanced data structures, digital signal processing (DSP), graph theory, etc. These are usually provided
by either a course on “discrete mathematics” or “introduction to combinatorics.” But, GFs are also used
in automata theory, bio-informatics, differential equations, DSP, number theory, physical chemistry,
reliability engineering, stochastic processes, and so on. Students of these courses may not have exposure
to discrete mathematics or combinatorics. This book is written in such a way that even those who do
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their respective disciplines. The purpose is to give a broad exposure to commonly used techniques of
combinatorial mathematics, highlighting applications in a variety of disciplines.
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Generating Functions
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Rajan Chattamvelli
VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
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Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
SYNTHESIS LECTURES ON ENGINEERING #37
CM&cLaypoolMorganpublishers& ABSTRACT
This is an introductory book on generating functions (GFs) and their applications. It discusses
commonly encountered generating functions in engineering and applied sciences, such as or-
dinary generating functions (OGF), exponential generating functions (EGF), probability gen-
erating functions (PGF), etc. Some new GFs like Pochhammer generating functions for both
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sciences, such as or-
dinary generating functions (OGF), exponential generating functions (EGF), probability gen-
erating functions (PGF), etc. Some new GFs like Pochhammer generating functions for both
rising and falling factor
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sciences, such as or-
dinary generating functions (OGF), exponential generating functions (EGF), probability gen-
erating functions (PGF), etc. Some new GFs like Pochhammer generating functions for both
rising and falling factorials are introduced in Chapter 2. Two novel GFs called “mean deviation
generating function” (MDGF) and “survival function generating function” (SFGF), are intro-
duced in Chapter 3. The mean deviation of a variety of discrete distributions are derived using
the MDGF. The last chapter discusses a large number of applications in various disciplines in-
cluding algebra, analysis of algorithms, polymer chemistry, combinatorics, graph theory, num-
ber theory, reliability, epidemiology, bio-informatics, genetics, management, economics, and
statistics.
Some background knowledge on GFs is often assumed for courses in analysis of algo-
rithms, advanced data structures, digital signal processing (DSP), graph theory, etc. These are
usually provided by either a course on “discrete mathematics” or “introduction to combinatorics.”
But, GFs are also used in automata theory, bio-informatics, differential equations, DSP, num-
ber theory, physical chemistry, reliability engineering, stochastic processes, and so on. Students
of these courses may not have exposure to discrete mathematics or combinatorics. This book is
written in such a way that even those who do not have prior knowledge can easily follow through
the chapters, and apply the lessons learned in their respective disciplines. The purpose is to give
a broad exposure to commonly used techniques of combinatorial mathematics, highlighting ap-
plications in a variety of disciplines.
Any suggestions for improvement will be highly appreciated. Please send your comments
to [email protected], and they will be incorporated in subsequent revisions.
KEYWORDS
algebra, analysis of algorithms, bio-informatics, CDF generating functions, com-
binatorics, cumulants, difference equations, discrete mathematics, economics, epi-
demiology, finance, genetics, graph theory, management, mean deviation generat-
ing function, moments, number theory, Pochhammer generating functions, poly-
mer chemistry, power series, recurrence relations, reliability engineering, special
numbers, statistics, strided sequences, survival function, truncated distributions.
Contents
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List of Tables . . . . .
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, Pochhammer generating functions, poly-
mer chemistry, power series, recurrence relations, reliability engineering, special
numbers, statistics, strided sequences, survival function, truncated distributions.
Contents
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, Pochhammer generating functions, poly-
mer chemistry, power series, recurrence relations, reliability engineering, special
numbers, statistics, strided sequences, survival function, truncated distributions.
Contents
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List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
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Types of Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.1 Origin of Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.2 Existence of Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Notations and Nomenclatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.1 Rising and Falling Factorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2.2 Dummy Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3
Types of Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4 Ordinary Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.4 Ordinary Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4.1 Recurrence Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.4.2 Types of Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.4.3 OGF for Partial Sums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Exponential Generating Functions (EGF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Pochhammer Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.6.1 Rising Pochhammer GF (RPGF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Falling Pochhammer GF (FPGF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.6.2
1.7 Other Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.7.1 Auto-Covariance Generating Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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.7.1 Auto-Covariance Generating Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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.7.1 Auto-Covariance Generating Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Information Generating Function (IGF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.7.2
1.7.3 Generating Functions in Graph Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.7.4 Generating Functions in Number Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.7.5 Rook Polynomial Generating Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.7.6
Stirling Numbers of Second Kind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.5
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Operations on Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.1
Basic Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.1.1 Extracting Coefficients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.1.2 Addition and Subtraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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1.2 Addition and Subtraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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1.2 Addition and Subtraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
x
2.1.3 Multiplication by Non-Zero Constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.1.4 Linear Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.5
2.1.6
Functions of Dummy Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.1.7 Convolutions and Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.1.8 Differentiation and Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.1.9
Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.2
Invertible Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.3 Composition of Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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of Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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of Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.4
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Generating Functions in Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.2
3.1 Generating Functions in Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.1.1 Types of Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Probability Generating Functions (PGF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Properties of PGF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.2.1
3.3 Generating Functions for CDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.4 Generating Functions for Survival Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.5 Generating Functions for Mean Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.6 MD of Some Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.6 MD of Some Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3.6 MD of Some Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.6.1 MD of Geometric Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.6.2 MD of Binomial Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.6.3 MD of Poisson distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.6.4 MD of Negative Binomial Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.7 Moment Generating Functions (MGF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Properties of Moment Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
3.8 Characteristic Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Properties of Characteristic Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
3.9 Cumulant Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
3.9.1 Relations Among Moments and Cumulants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
3.10 Factorial Moment Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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3.10 Factorial Moment Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
3.11 Conditional Moment Generating Functions (CMGF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
3.12 Generating Functions of Truncated Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
3.13 Convergence of Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3.14 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3.8.1
3.7.1
4
Applications of Generating Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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4.4
4.1
4.2
4.3
Applications in Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Series Involving Integer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.1.1
4.1.2
Permutation Inversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.1.3 Generating Function of Strided Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Applications in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Applications in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Applications in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.2.1 Merge-Sort Algorithm Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
4.2.2 Quick-Sort Algorithm Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.2.3 Binary-Search Algorithm Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4.2.4 Well-Formed Parentheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4.2.5
Formal Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Applications in Combinatorics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4.3.1 Combinatorial Identities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4.3.2 New Generating Functions from Old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.3.3 Recurrence Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.3.4 Towers of Hanoi Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.3.4 Towers of Hanoi Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.3.4 Towers of Hanoi Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Applications in Graph Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.4.1 Graph Enumeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.4.2 Tree Enumeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Applications in Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.5.1
Polymer Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.5.2 Counting Isomers of Hydrocarbons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Applications in Epidemiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Applications in Number Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Applications in Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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Applications in Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sums of IID Random Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4.8.1
4.8.2
Infinite Divisibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
4.8.3 Applications in Stochastic Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
4.9 Generating Functions in Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Series-Parallel Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.10 Applications in Bioinformatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.10.1 Lifetime of Cellular Proteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.10.2 Sequence Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.11 Applications in Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.12 Applications in Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.12 Applications in Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4.12 Applications in Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
4.12.1 Annuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9.1
4.5
xii
4.13 Applications in Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
4.14 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Authors’ Biographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
List of Tables
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1.1
Some standard generating functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Some standard generating functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1 Convolution as diagonal sum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.2
2.3
Summary of convolutions and powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Summary of generating functions operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1
Summary table of generating functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.2 MD of geometric distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.3 MD of binomial distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.4 MD of Poisson distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.5 MD of negative binomial distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.6
3.7
Table of characteristic functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Summary table of zero-truncated generating functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
C H A P T E R
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Summary table of zero-truncated generating functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Summary table of zero-truncated generating functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
C H A P T E R 1
1
Types of Generating Functions
After finishing the chapter, readers will be able to
(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
• explain the meaning and uses of generating functions.
• describe the ordinary generating functions.
• explore exponential generating functions.
• apply generating functions to enumeration problems.
• comprehend Pochhammer generating functions.
• outline some other generating functions.
1.1
INTRODUCTION
A GF is a mathematical technique to concisely represent a known ordered sequence into a simple
algebraic function. In essence, it takes a sequence as input, and produces a continuous function
in one or more dummy (arbitrary) variables as output. The input can be real or complex num-
bers, matrices, symbols, functions, or variables including random variables. The input depends
on the area of application. For example, it is amino acid symbols or protein sequences in bio-
informatics, random variables in statistics, digital signals in signal processing, number of infected
persons in a population in epidemiology, etc. The output can contain unknown parameters, if
any.
1.1.1 ORIGIN OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Generating functions (GFs) were first introduced by Abraham de Moivre circa 1730, whose
work originated in enumeration. It became popular with the works of Leonhard Euler, who
used it to find the number of divisors of a positive integer (Chapter 4). The literal meaning of
enumerate is to count or reckon something. This includes persons or objects, activities, entities,
or known processes. Counting the number of occurrences of a discrete outcome is fundamental
in enumerative combinatorics. For example, it may be placing objects into urns, selecting entities
from a finite population, arranging objects linearly or circularly, etc. Thus, GFs are very useful
to explore discrete problems involving finite or infinite sequences.
2
1. TYPES OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Definition 1.1 (Definition of Generating Function) A GF is a simple and concise expression
in one or more dummy variables that captures the coefficients of a finite or
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GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Definition 1.1 (Definition of Generating Function) A GF is a simple and concise expression
in one or more dummy variables that captures the coefficients of a finite or
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GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Definition 1.1 (Definition of Generating Function) A GF is a simple and concise expression
in one or more dummy variables that captures the coefficients of a finite or infinite series, and
generates a quantity of interest using calculus or algebraic operations, or simple substitutions.
GFs are used in engineering and applied sciences to generate different quantities with
minimal work. As they convert practical problems that involve sequences into the continu-
ous domain, calculus techniques can be employed to get more insight into the problems or
sequences. They are used in quantum mechanics, mathematical chemistry, population genetics,
bio-informatics, vector differential equations, epidemiology, stochastic processes, etc., and their
applications in numerical computing include best uniform polynomial approximations, and find-
ing characteristic polynomials. Average complexity of computer algorithms are obtained using
GFs that have closed form (Chapter 4). This allows asymptotic estimates to be obtained easily.
GFs are also used in polynomial multiplications in symbolic programming languages. In statis-
tics, they are used in discrete distributions to generate probabilities, moments, cumulants, facto-
rial moments, mean deviations, etc. (Chapter 3). The partition functions, Green functions, and
Fourier series expansions are other examples from various applied science fields. They are known
by different names in these fields. For example, z-transforms (also called s-transforms) used in
digital signal processing (DSP), characteristic equations used in econometrics and numerical
computing, canonical functions used in some engineering fields, and annihilator polynomials
used in analysis of algorithms are all special types of GFs. Note, however, that the McClaurin
series in calculus that expands an arbitrary continuous differentiable function around the point
zero as f .x/
is not considered as a GF in this text be-
cause it involves derivatives of a function.
.x2=2(cid:138)/f 00.0/
xf 0.0/
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
f .0/
C
D
C
1.1.2 EXISTENCE OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS
GFs are much easier to work with than a whole lot of numbers or symbols. This does not mean
that any sequence can be
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C
D
C
1.1.2 EXISTENCE OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS
GFs are much easier to work with than a whole lot of numbers or symbols. This does not mean
that any sequence can be
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C
D
C
1.1.2 EXISTENCE OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS
GFs are much easier to work with than a whole lot of numbers or symbols. This does not mean
that any sequence can be converted into a GF. For instance, a random sequence may not have a
nice and compact GF. Nevertheless, if the sequence follows a mathematical rule (like recurrence
relation, geometric series, harmonic series), it is possible to express them compactly using a
GF. Thus, it is extensively used in counting problems where the primary aim is to count the
number of ways a task can be accomplished, if other parameters are known. A typical example
is in counting objects of a finite collection or arrangement. Explicit enumeration is applicable
only when the size (number of elements) is small. Either computing devices must be used,
or alternate mathematical techniques like combinatorics, graph theory, dynamic programming,
etc., employed when this size becomes large. In addition to the size, the enumeration problem
may also involve one or more parameters (usually discrete). This is where GFs become very
helpful. Many useful relationships among the elements of the sequence can then be derived
from the corresponding GF. If the GF has closed form, it is possible to obtain a closed form
for its coefficients as well. They are powerful tools to prove facts and relationships among the
coefficients. Although they are called generating “functions,” they are not like mathematical
functions that have a domain and range.
1.2. NOTATIONS AND NOMENCLATURES 3
2
(cid:0)
1;
1;
C
C
(cid:140)
(cid:0)
Convergence of Generating Functions
Convergence of the GF is assumed in some fields for limited values of the parameters or
dummy variables. For example, GF associated with real-valued random variables assumes that
the dummy variable t (defined below) is in the range (cid:140)0; 1(cid:141), whereas for complex-valued ran-
1(cid:141). Similarly, the GF used in signal processing assumes that
dom variables the range is (cid:140)
t
1(cid:141). As the input can be complex numbers in some signal processing applications, the
GF can also be complex. A formal power series implies that nothing is assumed on the
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t
1(cid:141). As the input can be complex numbers in some signal processing applications, the
GF can also be complex. A formal power series implies that nothing is assumed on the
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range is (cid:140)
t
1(cid:141). As the input can be complex numbers in some signal processing applications, the
GF can also be complex. A formal power series implies that nothing is assumed on the conver-
gence. As shown below, the sequence 1; x; x2; x3; : : : has GF F(x) = 1=.1
x/ which converges
x2/,
in the region 0 < x < 1, while a sub-sequence 1; 0; x2; 0; x4; : : : has GF G(x) = 1=.1
1 < x < 1. The region within which it converges is called the Radius
which converges for
of Convergence (RoC). Thus the RoC of a series is the set of bounded values within which
it will converge. Obviously, .1; 1; : : :/ (infinite series) has OGF 1=.1
x/, so that the RoC is
cx/ so that the RoC is 0 < x < 1=c. An
0 < x < 1. Similarly, .c; c; c; : : :/ is generated by 1=.1
OGF being weighted by xk will converge if all terms beyond a value (say R) is upper-bounded.
Such a value of R, which is a finite real number, is called its RoC. This is given by the ratio
1=R
, where vertical bars denote absolute value for real coefficients. It can
easily be found by taking the ratio of two successive terms of the series, if the nth term is ex-
pressed as a simple mathematical function. Convergence of a GF is often ignored in this book
because it is rarely evaluated if at all, and that too for dummy variable values 0 or 1 (an exception
appears in Chapter 4, page 86).
1=an
!1j
Ltn
an
D
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
C
j
1.2 NOTATIONS AND NOMENCLATURES
A finite sequence will be denoted by placing square-brackets around them, assuming that each
element is distinguishable. An English alphabet will be used to identify it when necessary
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A finite sequence will be denoted by placing square-brackets around them, assuming that each
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1.2 NOTATIONS AND NOMENCLATURES
A finite sequence will be denoted by placing square-brackets around them, assuming that each
element is distinguishable. An English alphabet will be used to identify it when necessary. An
infinite series will be denoted by simple brackets, and named using Greek alphabet. Thus, S
D
.a0; a1; a2; a3; : : : an; : : :/ denotes an
(cid:140)a0; a1; a2; a3; a4(cid:141) denotes a finite sequence, whereas (cid:27)
infinite sequence. The summation sign (P) will denote the sum of the elements that follow. The
0 pkt k
index of summation will either be explicitly specified, or denoted implicitly. Thus, P1k
D
0 pkt k implicitly assumes
is an explicit summation in which k varies from 0–
(cid:21)
that the summation is varying from 0 to an upper limit (which will be clear from context).
An assumption that n is a power of 2 may simplify the derivation in some cases (see Chapter 4,
pp. 65–66). Random variables will be denoted by uppercase letters, and particular values of them
by lowercase letters.
, whereas Pk
1
D
4
1. TYPES OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS
1.2.1 RISING AND FALLING FACTORIALS
This section introduces a particular type of the product form presented above. These expres-
sions are useful in finding factorial moments of discrete distributions, whose probability mass
function (PMF) involves factorials or binomial coefficients. In the literature, these are known
as Pochhammer’s notation for rising and falling factorials. This will be explored in subsequent
chapters.
1. Rising Factorial Notation
Factorial products come in two flavors. In the rising factorial, a variable is incremented
successively in each iteration. This is denoted as
x.j /
.x
x
(cid:3)
C
1/
D
(cid:3) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:3)
.x
j
C
(cid:0)
1/
D
j
1
(cid:
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1/
D
(cid:3) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:3)
.x
j
C
(cid:0)
1/
D
j
1
(cid:
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1/
D
(cid:3) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:3)
.x
j
C
(cid:0)
1/
D
j
1
(cid:0)
Y
.x
0
k
D
k/
C
D
(cid:128).x
j /
C
(cid:128).x/
:
(1.1)
2. Falling Factorial Notation
In the falling factorial, a variable is decremented successively at each iteration. This is
denoted as
x.j /
.x
x
(cid:3)
(cid:0)
1/
D
(cid:3) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:3)
.x
j
(cid:0)
C
1/
D
j
1
(cid:0)
Y
0
k
D
.x
k/
(cid:0)
D
.x
x(cid:138)
j /(cid:138) D
(cid:0)
j (cid:138)
!
:
x
j
(1.2)
Writing Equation (1.1) in reverse gives us the relationship x.j /
writing Equation (1.2) in reverse gives us the relationship x.j /
D
.x
.x
j
D
(cid:0)
1/.j /. Similarly,
j
(cid:0)
1/.j /.
C
C
1.2.2 DUMMY VARIABLE
An ordinary GF (OGF) is denoted by G.t/, where t is the dummy (arbitrary) variable. It can
be any variable you like, and it depends on the field of application. Quite often, t is used as
dummy variable in statistics, s in signal processing, x in genetics, bio-informatics, and orthog-
onal polynomials, z in analysis of algorithms, and L in auto-correlation, and time-series analy-
sis.1 An exponential GF is denoted by H.t /. As GFs in some fields are associated with variables
(like random variables in statistics), they may appear before the dummy variable. For example,
G.x; t/ denotes an OGF of a random variable X. Some authors use x as a subscript as Gx.t/.
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the dummy variable. For example,
G.x; t/ denotes an OGF of a random variable X. Some authors use x as a subscript as Gx.t/.
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the dummy variable. For example,
G.x; t/ denotes an OGF of a random variable X. Some authors use x as a subscript as Gx.t/.
These dummy variables assume special values (like 0 or 1) to generate a quantity of interest.
Thus, uniform and absolute convergence at these points are assumed. The GFs used in statistics
can be finite or infinite, because they are defined on (sample spaces of ) random variables, or
1Analysis of algorithms is used to either select an algorithm with minimal execution time from a set of possible choices, or
minimum storage or network communication requirements. As the attribute of interest is time, the recurrences are developed
as T .n/ where n is the problem size. This is one of the reasons for choosing a dummy variable other than t.
1.3. TYPES OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS 5
on a sequence of random variables. Note that the GF is also defined for bivariate and multi-
variate data. Bivariate GF has two dummy variables. This book focuses only on univariate GF.
Although the majority of GFs encountered in this book are of “sum-type” (additive GF), there
also exist GFs of “product-type.” One example is the GF for the number of partitions of an
integer (Chapter 4). These are called multiplicative GF. The GF for the number of partitions of
n into distinct parts is p.t/
t n/.
Q1n
D
D
1.1
C
1.3 TYPES OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS
GFs allow us to describe a sequence in as simple a form as possible. Thus, a GF encodes a
sequence in compact form, instead of giving the nth term as output. Depending on what we wish
to generate, there are different GFs. For example, moment generating function (MGF) generates
moments of a population, and probability generating function (PGF) generates corresponding
probabilities. These are specific to each distribution. An advantage is that if the MGF of an
arbitrary random variable X is known, the MGF of any linear combination of the form a
b can be derived easily. This reasoning holds for other GFs too.
C
X
(cid:3)
1.4 ORDINARY GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Let (cid:27)
D
.a0; a1; a2; a3;
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derived easily. This reasoning holds for other GFs too.
C
X
(cid:3)
1.4 ORDINARY GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Let (cid:27)
D
.a0; a1; a2; a3;
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derived easily. This reasoning holds for other GFs too.
C
X
(cid:3)
1.4 ORDINARY GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Let (cid:27)
D
.a0; a1; a2; a3; : : : an; : : :/ be a sequence of bounded numbers. Then the power series
f .x/
D
anxn
1
X
0
n
D
(1.3)
is called the Ordinary Generating Function (OGF) of (cid:27). Here x is a dummy variable, n is
the indexing variable (indexvar) and a0ns are known constants. For different values of an, we
get different OGF. The set of all possible values of the indexing variable of the summation in
(1.3) is called the “index set.” If the sequence is finite and of size n, we have a polynomial
of degree n. Otherwise it is a power series. Such a power series has an inherently powerful
enumerative property. As they lend themselves to algebraic manipulations, several useful and
interesting results can be derived from them as shown in Chapter 2. There exist a one-to-one
correspondence between a sequence, and its GF. This can be represented as
.a0; a1; a2; a3; : : : ; an; : : :/
(cid:148)
anxn:
1
X
0
n
D
(1.4)
We get f .x/
1 when all an
(cid:0)
1 for n even. These are represented as
x/(cid:0)
.1
D
D
an
D C
1, and .1
C
x/(cid:0)
1 when an
D (cid:0)
1 for n odd, and
.1; 1; 1; 1; : : : ; 1; : : :/
1; : : :/
1; : : : ; 1;
(cid:0)
(cid:148)
(cid:148)
.1
.1
(cid:0)
C
1
x/(cid:0)
1:
x/(cid:0)
1; 1;
.1;
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
6
(cid:0)
1/=.x
(cid:0)
1
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x/(cid:0)
1:
x/(cid:0)
1; 1;
.1;
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
6
(cid:0)
1/=.x
(cid:0)
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x/(cid:0)
1:
x/(cid:0)
1; 1;
.1;
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
6
(cid:0)
1/=.x
(cid:0)
1, and odd coefficients a2n
1. TYPES OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS
The OGF is .xn
1/=.x
1/ when there are a finite number of 1’s (say n of them). Thus,
(cid:0)
.1; 1; 1; 1; 1/ has OGF .x5
1 when even coefficients
x2/(cid:0)
0. The OGF is called the McClaurin series of the
a2n
function on the left-hand side (LHS) when the right-hand side (RHS) has functional values as
coefficients. In the particular case when the sum of all the coefficients is 1, it is called a PGF,
which is discussed at length in Chapter 3.
1/. Similarly, we get .1
D C
D
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
C
1
Consider the set of all positive integers P
3x2
4x3
1
. We know that 1=.1
C
x/2
sides with respect to (w.r.t.) x to get
the GF is 1=.1
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
x/2 or equivalently .1
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
x/
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
C
D
3x2
1=.1
C
D
(cid:0)
2. This can be represented as
x/(cid:0)
C
.
(cid:0)
C
C
x4
2x
x2
1/
x3
1
D
x
C
(cid:3)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
C
C
. Differentiate both
. Thus,
4x3
C
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
.1; 2; 3; 4; 5; : : :/. This has OGF 1
2x
.1;
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.1; 2; 3; 4; 5; : : :/. This has OGF 1
2x
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C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
.1; 2; 3; 4; 5; : : :/. This has OGF 1
2x
.1; 2; 3; 4; : : : ; n; : : :/
(cid:148)
.1
.1
2
(cid:0)
x/(cid:0)
2
x/(cid:0)
1=.1
1=.1
(cid:0)
x/2
x/2:
C
D
D
(cid:148)
C
2; 3;
.1;
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
4; : : : ; n;
.n
(cid:0)
C
1/; : : :/
See Table 1.1 for more examples.
Table 1.1: Some standard generating functions
FunctionSeriesTypeNotation1 ± x1 ± xOGF(1,±1,0,0,…)1 + 2x + 3x21 + 2x + 3x2OGF(1,2,3,0,0,…)11 – x∞ xkOGF(1,1,1,1,…)11 + x∞ (–1)kxkOGF(1,-1,1,-1,…)11 – 2x∞ 2kxkOGF(1,2,4,8,…)1(1 – x)2∞ (k + 1)xkOGF(1,2,3,4,…)11 – ax∞ ak xkOGF(1,a, a2, a3,…)11 – x2∞ x2kOGF(1, 0, 1, 0,…)exp(x)∞ xk/k!EGF(1, 1/1!, 1/2!, 1/3!…)exp(ax)∞ (ax)k/k!EGF(1, a/1!, a2/2!, a3/3!,…)k=0k=0k=0k=0k=0k=0k=0k=0 1.4. ORDINARY GENERATING FUNCTIONS 7
1.4.1 RECURRENCE RELATIONS
There are in general two
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1.4.1 RECURRENCE RELATIONS
There are in general two ways to represent the nth term of a sequence: (i) as a function of n, and
(ii) as a recurrence relation between nth term and one or more of the previous terms. For example,
an
.1
and Jones, 1996].
1=n gives an explicit expression for nth term. Taking the ratio an=an
(cid:0)
1=n/ gives an
D
1, which is a first-order recurrence relation [Chattamvelli
1=n/an
D
(cid:0)
1/=n
.n
.1
D
D
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
1
A recurrence relation can be defined either for a sequence, or on the parameters of a func-
tion (like a density function in statistics). It expresses the nth term in terms of one or more prior
1/th term. It
terms. First-order recurrence relations are those in which nth term is related to .n
is called a linear recurrence relation if this relation is linear. First-order linear recurrence relations
are easy to solve, and it requires one initial condition. A second-order recurrence relation is one
in which the nth term is related to .n
2/th terms. It needs two initial conditions
to ensure that the ensuing sequence is unique. One classical example is the Fibonacci numbers.
In general, an nth-order recurrence relation expresses the nth term in terms of n
1 previous
1
terms. Consider the Bell numbers defined as Bn
k (cid:1)Bk. This generates 1, 1, 2, 5, 15,
(cid:0)
52, 203, etc. Recurrence relations are extensively discussed in Chapter 4 (page 71).
1/th and .n
1
0 (cid:0)
P
(cid:0)
D
D
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
n
k
n
1.4.2 TYPES OF SEQUENCES
(cid:0)
There are many types of sequences encountered in engineering. Examples are arithmetic se-
quence, geometric sequence, exponential sequence, Harmonic sequence
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:0)
n
k
n
1.4.2 TYPES OF SEQUENCES
(cid:0)
There are many types of sequences encountered in engineering. Examples are arithmetic se-
quence, geometric sequence, exponential sequence, Harmonic sequence
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:0)
n
k
n
1.4.2 TYPES OF SEQUENCES
(cid:0)
There are many types of sequences encountered in engineering. Examples are arithmetic se-
quence, geometric sequence, exponential sequence, Harmonic sequence, etc. Alternating se-
quence is one in which the sign of the coefficients alter between plus and minus. This is of
a4; : : :). The sum of an alternating series may be convergent or di-
the form (a1;
a2; a3;
(cid:0)
1/n
1=n to get the alternating harmonic series
1.
vergent. Consider P1n
(cid:0)
D
, which is convergent as the sum is log.2/.
1
1=2
1.
P1n
C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
D
1=.2n
Similarly, P1n
D
1=4
C
1/ converges to (cid:25)=4.
1an. Take an
1=3
1.1=n/
1.
D
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
D
1/n
C
A telescopic series is one in which all terms of its partial sum cancels out except the first or
. Use partial fractions to
1/ so that when the upper limit of the summation is finite,
1 1=(cid:140)n.n
last (or both). Consider P1n
D
write 1=(cid:140)n.n
1=.n
all terms cancel out except the first and last.
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
1=12
1=n
1=2
1/n
1=6
1/(cid:141)
1/(cid:141)
C
C
C
C
D
C
C
D
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
C
Consider the geometric sequence (cid:140)P; Pr; Pr2; : : : ; Prn(cid:141). It is called a geometric progres-
sion in mathematics and geometric sequence in engineering. It also appears in various physical,
natural, and life sciences. As examples, the equations of state of gaseous mixtures (like
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141). It is called a geometric progres-
sion in mathematics and geometric sequence in engineering. It also appears in various physical,
natural, and life sciences. As examples, the equations of state of gaseous mixtures (like
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141). It is called a geometric progres-
sion in mathematics and geometric sequence in engineering. It also appears in various physical,
natural, and life sciences. As examples, the equations of state of gaseous mixtures (like van der
Vaals equation, Virial equation), mean-energy modeling of oscillators used in crystallography
and other fields, and geometric growth and deprecation models used in banking and finance can
all be modeled as geometric series. Such series also appear in population genetics, insurance,
exponential smoothing models in time-series, etc. Here the first term is P , and rate of progres-
sion (called common ratio) is r. It is possible to represent the sum of any k terms in terms of 3
8
1. TYPES OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS
1ak
variables, P (initial term), r (common ratio), and k. An interesting property of the geometric
a2
k, i.e., the square of kth term is the product of the two terms
progression is that ak
around it. A geometric series can be finite or infinite. It is called an alternating geometric series
(cid:140)1; r; r 2; r 3; : : : ; r n(cid:141) denote a finite geometric sequence.
if the signs differ alternatively. Let Sn
D
n
1/. Both the numerator and denominator are nega-
1/=.r
Then the sum P
k
r/.
tive when 0 < r < 1, so that we could write the RHS in the alternate form .1
1/=.1
0 r k
.r n
r n
D
D
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
C
C
D
(cid:0)
1
1
C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
Example 1.1 (OGF of alternating geometric sequence) Find the OGF of alternating geo-
metric sequence .1;
a3; a4; : : :/.
a; a2;
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
Solution 1.1 Consider the infinite series expansion of .1
C
, which is the OGF of the given sequence. Here “a” is any nonzero constant.
D
C
(cid:0)
1
ax
1
ax/(
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C
, which is the OGF of the given sequence. Here “a” is any nonzero constant.
D
C
(cid:0)
1
ax
1
ax/(
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1 Consider the infinite series expansion of .1
C
, which is the OGF of the given sequence. Here “a” is any nonzero constant.
D
C
(cid:0)
1
ax
1
ax/(cid:0)
a2x2
a3x3
(cid:0)
C
(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
Example 1.2 (Find the OGF of an) Find the OGF of (i) an
1=3n.
D
2n
C
3n and (ii) an
2n
C
D
Solution 1.2 The OGF is G.x/
the closed form formula for geometric series to get G.x/
5x/=(cid:140).1
G.x/
x=3/ which is the required OGF.
P1n
D
(cid:0)
1=.1
2x/.1
(cid:0)
2x/
1=.1
C
D
0.2n
D
(cid:0)
C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
3x/(cid:141) which is the required GF. In the second case a similar procedure yields
D
D
C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
3n/xn. Split this into two terms and use
2x/
1=.1
1=.1
3x/
.2
Example 1.3 (OGF of odd positive integers) Find the OGF of the sequence 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11,...
Solution 1.3 The nth term of the sequence is obviously .2n
0.2n
1/t n. Split this into two terms, and take the constant 2 outside the summation to get G.t/
0 nt n
2 P1n
t/ so that G.t/
D
t/2 as a common denominator and simplify to get G.t/
t/2
2t=.1
(cid:0)
t/=.1
.1
P1n
C
D
1=.1
C
(cid:0)
t/2 as the required OGF.
(cid:0)
0 t n. The first sum is 2t=.1
t/2 and second one is 1=.1
1/. Write G.t /
t
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t/2 as the required OGF.
(cid:0)
0 t n. The first sum is 2t=.1
t/2 and second one is 1=.1
1/. Write G.t /
t
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0)
t/2 as the required OGF.
(cid:0)
0 t n. The first sum is 2t=.1
t/2 and second one is 1=.1
1/. Write G.t /
t/. Take .1
P1n
D
C
D
C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
C
D
D
D
Example 1.4 (OGF of perfect squares) Find the OGF for all positive perfect
.1; 4; 9; 16; 25; : : :/.
squares
Solution 1.4 Consider the expression x=.1
series expansion
(cid:0)
x/2. From pages 2–3 we see that this is the infinite
D
Differentiate both sides w.r.t. x to get
(cid:0)
x=.1
x/2
x
2x2
C
C
3x3
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
nxn
:
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
.@=@x/ (cid:0)x=.1
x/2(cid:1)
1
C
D
22x
C
(cid:0)
32x2
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
n2xn
(cid:0)
1
:
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
(1.5)
(1.6)
If we multiply both sides by x again, we see that the coefficient of xn on the RHS is n2. Hence,
x @
x/2,
take log and differentiate to get2
x/2/ is the GF that we are looking for. To find the derivative of f
@x .x=.1
x=.1
D
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
1.4. ORDINARY GENERATING FUNCTIONS 9
.1=f /
@f
@x D
1=x
2=.1
x/
(cid:0)
D
.1
C
C
x/=(cid:140)x.1
x/(cid:141)
(cid:0)
(1.7)
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=x
2=.1
x/
(cid:0)
D
.1
C
C
x/=(cid:140)x.1
x/(cid:141)
(cid:0)
(1.7)
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=x
2=.1
x/
(cid:0)
D
.1
C
C
x/=(cid:140)x.1
x/(cid:141)
(cid:0)
(1.7)
from which @f
C
perfect squares of all positive integers as x.1
as follows:
@x D
x/=.1
.1
(cid:0)
x/3. Multiply this expression by x to get the desired GF of
x/3. This can be represented symbolically
x/=.1
C
(cid:0)
.1; 1; 1; 1; : : : ; n; : : :/
Derivative:
.1; 2; 3; 4; : : : ; n; : : :/
Rightshift:
.0; 1; 2; 3; 4; : : : ; n; : : :/
(cid:148)
(cid:0)
D
.1
.1
1
x/(cid:0)
x/(cid:0)
(cid:148)
1=.1
(cid:0)
x/
x/2
2
1=.1
D
2
x/(cid:0)
(cid:0)
x=.1
Derivative:
.1; 4; 9; 16; : : : ; n2; : : :/
Rightshift:
.0; 1; 4; 9; 16; : : : ; n2; : : :/
(cid:148)
x.1
C
(cid:0)
x.1
@f
@x
(cid:148)
(cid:148)
(cid:0)
.x=.1
D
x/2/
(cid:0)
x/=.1
D
x/3:
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
.1
x/2
x/=.1
x/3
(cid:0)
C
(1.8)
Example 1.5 (OGF of even sequence) Find OGF of the sequence (2, 4, 10, 28, 82,: : :).
Solution 1.5 Suppose we subtract 1 from each number in the sequence. Then we get (1, 3, 9,
27, 81, 2
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Solution 1.5 Suppose we subtract 1 from each number in the sequence. Then we get (1, 3, 9,
27, 81, 2
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, 28, 82,: : :).
Solution 1.5 Suppose we subtract 1 from each number in the sequence. Then we get (1, 3, 9,
27, 81, 243, : : :), which are powers of 3. Hence, above sequence is the sum of .1; 1; 1; 1; : : :/
.1; 3; 32; 33; 34; : : :/ with respective OGFs 1=.1
3x/. Add them to get 1=.1
x/
3x/ as the answer.
x/ and 1=.1
C
(cid:0)
1=.1
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
C
(cid:0)
1.4.3 OGF FOR PARTIAL SUMS
If the GF for any sequence is known in compact form (say F .x/), the GF for the sum of the
first n terms of that particular sequence is given by F .x/=.1
x/. A consequence of this is that
if we know the OGF of the sum of the first n terms of a sequence, we could get the original
sequence by multiplying it by .1
x/ is the same as dividing by
1=.1
x/ we could state this as follows:
x/. As multiplying by .1
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
Theorem 1.1 (OGF of G.x/=.1
of the partial sums of coefficients, and dividing by 1=.1
x/) Multiplying an OGF by 1=.1
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
x/ results in differenced sequence.
x/ results in the OGF
(cid:0)
Proof. Let G.x/ be the OGF of the infinite sequence (a0; a1; : : : ; an; : : :). By definition G.x/
a0
1 as a power series 1
. Expand .1
anxn
a2x2
a1x
x2
x
x/(cid:0)
C
C
2Note that the nth derivative of 1=.1
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
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a1x
x2
x
x/(cid:0)
C
C
2Note that the nth derivative of 1=.1
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
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a1x
x2
x
x/(cid:0)
C
C
2Note that the nth derivative of 1=.1
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
(cid:0)
x/n
C
x/ is n(cid:138)=.1
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
1 and that of 1=.1
ax/b is .n
b
(cid:0)
C
(cid:0)
C
C
D
,
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
1/(cid:138)an=(cid:140).b
(cid:0)
1/(cid:138).1
(cid:0)
ax/b
n(cid:141).
C
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and multiply with G.x/ to get the RHS as g.x/
.1
x
C
C
x2
C
x3
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
/.a0
a1x
C
Change the order of summation to get
.1
D
(cid:0)
a2x2
0
C
1
x/(cid:0)
(cid:3)
G.x/
D
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
1
X
@
0
j
1:xj
A
D
anxn
1
1
X
0
k
D
/
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
D
ak:xk!
:
(1.9)
0
@
1
X
0
k
D
0
k
X
@
0
j
D
1
aj :1
A
xk
1
A D
1
X
0
k
D
0
k
X
@
0
j
D
This is the OGF of the given sequence.
1
A
aj
xk
a0
C
D
.a0
C
a1/x
.a0
a1
C
C
C
a2/x2
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A
aj
xk
a0
C
D
.a0
C
a1/x
.a0
a1
C
C
C
a2/x2
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1
A
aj
xk
a0
C
D
.a0
C
a1/x
.a0
a1
C
C
C
a2/x2
:
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
(1.10)
(cid:3)
This result has great implications. Computing the sum of several terms of a sequence
appears in several fields of applied sciences. If the GF of such a sequence has closed form, it
is a simple matter of multiplying the GF by 1=.1
x/ to get the new GF for the partial sum;
x gives the OGF of differences. Assume that the OGF of a sequence an
and multiplying by 1
is known in closed form. We seek the OGF of another sequence dn
1. As this is a
(cid:0)
x/A.x/, where
1 dk
telescopic series, P
A.x/ is the OGF of an’s.
a0. It follows that D.x/
D
Pn dnxn
(cid:0)
.1
an
an
an
D
D
D
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
n
k
D
.a0; a1; a2; a3; : : : ; an; : : :/
F .x/
(cid:148)
a2; : : :/
.a0; a0
a1; a0
a1
F .x/=.1
x/:
(1.11)
C
C
n
Consider the problem of finding the sum of squares of the first n natural numbers as P
k
D
The OGF of n2 was found in Example 1.4 as x.1
x/3. If this is divided by .1
(cid:0)
n
we should have the OGF of P
k
1 k2. This gives the OGF as x.1
x/=.1
x/=.1
x/4.
(cid:148)
C
C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
1 k2.
x/,
D
C
(cid:0)
Example 1.6 (OGF of harmonic series) Find the OGF of 1
1=2
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C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
1 k2.
x/,
D
C
(cid:0)
Example 1.6 (OGF of harmonic series) Find the OGF of 1
1=2
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C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
1 k2.
x/,
D
C
(cid:0)
Example 1.6 (OGF of harmonic series) Find the OGF of 1
1=2
1=3
C
C
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
1=n.
Solution 1.6 We know that
x2=2
x/
(cid:0)
1 xk=k. We also know that when an OGF is multiplied by 1=.1
x3=3
C
C
x/, we get a new
(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) D
OGF in which the coefficients are the partial sum of the coefficients of the original one. Thus,
the above sequence has OGF
log.1=.1
P1k
D
C
(cid:0)
x4=4
x/=.1
log.1
log.1
x//
x/.
D
D
C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
x
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
As another example, consider the sequence .1=2;
form the convolution of log.1
1=2/
1=3/
C
x/(cid:141)2. Similarly, .1=2/(cid:140)log.1
x3.1
1=2
C
C
x/ and 1=.1
/. First
x2.1
C
. Now integrate both sides to get the OGF as .1=2/(cid:140)log.1
1
C
(cid:0)
x/ to get log.1
4 .1
x/=.1
C
C
(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
(cid:0)
C
C
C
D
C
1
2 C
x/
1
3 /;
x
1
2 /; 1
1
3 .1
x/(cid:141)2 is the OGF of .1=2; 1
3 .1
C
2 /; 1
4 .1
1
2 C
1
3 /;
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3 .1
C
2 /; 1
4 .1
1
2 C
1
3 /;
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is the OGF of .1=2; 1
3 .1
C
2 /; 1
4 .1
1
2 C
1
3 /;
(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
/.
C
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
(cid:0)
1.5. EXPONENTIAL GENERATING FUNCTIONS (EGF)
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m
k
1/k(cid:0)
A direct application of the above result is in proving the combinatorial
0.
P
According to the above theorem, the sum of the first m terms has OGF .1
out .1
(cid:0)
1, which is the OGF of the RHS. This proves the result.
n
1
m (cid:1). First consider the sequence .
(cid:0)
n
k(cid:1), which has OGF .1
x/n=.1
x/ to get .1
1/m(cid:0)
1/k(cid:0)
identity
x/n.
(cid:0)
x/. Cancel
n
k(cid:1)
D
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
D
.
x/n
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
D
D
F .
.F .t/
0 akt k, then G.t/
Theorem 1.2 If F .t/
P1k
D
Proof. The proof follows easily from the fact that F .
when t index is odd so that it cancels out when we sum both. Similarly, G.t/
F .
(cid:0)
1
2 .F .t/
C
m=2
0 a2k
Pb
c
k
D
If F .t/ is an OGF, .1
(cid:0)
D
1
2 .F .t/
t// is the OGF of
x (see Chapter 4, § 4.1.1, pp. 62).
(cid:3)
.F .t/
0 akt k where the upper limit is m, then G.t/
C
t/ has coefficients with negative sign
0 a2kt 2k, and G.t/
denotes the greatest integer
1. If F .t/
1t 2k
C
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0 a2kt 2k, and G.t/
denotes the greatest integer
1. If F .t/
1t 2k
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t/ has coefficients with negative sign
0 a2kt 2k, and G.t/
denotes the greatest integer
1. If F .t/
1t 2k
C
m=2
t// is the GF of Pb
c
k
t//=2 is the GF of P1k
D
k(cid:1)F .t/k is also a GF.
x
b
c
F .t//n
0 a2kt 2k.
1. Here
P1k
D
(cid:0)
1t 2k
m
P
k
D
(cid:20)
0 a2k
t//=2
D
F .
F .
0 (cid:0)
P
D
D
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
n
k
C
C
D
C
D
n
C
D
D
1.5 EXPONENTIAL GENERATING FUNCTIONS (EGF)
The primary reason for using a GF in applied scientific problems is that it represents an entire
sequence as a single mathematical function in dummy variables, which is easy to investigate and
manipulate algebraically. Whereas an OGF is used to count coefficients involving combina-
tions, an EGF is used when the coefficients are permutations or functions thereof. The EGF is
preferred to OGF in those applications in which order matters. Examples are counting strings
of fixed width formed using binary digits .0; 1/. Although bit strings 100 and 010 contain two
0’s and one 1, they are distinct.
Definition 1.2 The function
H.x/
D
1
X
0
n
anxn=n(cid:138)
(1.12)
D
is called the exponential generating function (EGF). There are two ways to interpret the divisor
of nth term. Writing it as
H.x/
D
1
X
0
n
D
bnxn where
bn
an=n(cid:138)
D
gives an OGF. But it is the usual practice to write it either as (1.12) or as
H.x/
D
1
X
0
n
D
anenxn where en
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D
gives an OGF. But it is the usual practice to write it either as (1.12) or as
H.x/
D
1
X
0
n
D
anenxn where en
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D
gives an OGF. But it is the usual practice to write it either as (1.12) or as
H.x/
D
1
X
0
n
D
anenxn where en
1=n(cid:138)
D
(1.13)
(1.14)
where we have two independent multipliers. As the coefficients of exponential function .exp.x//
are reciprocals of factorials of natural numbers, they are most suited when terms of a sequence
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grow very fast. EGF is a convenient way to manipulate such infinite series. Consider the expan-
sion of ex as
akxk;
ex
D
1
X
0
k
D
(1.15)
where ak
.1; 1=2(cid:138); 1=3(cid:138); : : :/. If k(cid:138) is always associated with xk, we could alternately write the above as
1=k(cid:138). This can be considered as the OGF of the sequence 1=k(cid:138), namely the sequence
D
akxk=k(cid:138);
ex
D
1
X
0
k
D
(1.16)
where ak
D
1 for all values of k.
As the denominator n(cid:138) grows fast for increasing values of n, it can be used to scale down
functions that grow too fast. For example, number of permutations, number of subsets of an
n-element set which has the form 2n, etc., when multiplied by xn=n(cid:138) will often result in a con-
verging sequence.3 Thus, e2x can be considered as the GF of the number of subsets.
These coefficients grow at different rates in practical applications. If this growth is too
fast, the multiplier xn=n(cid:138) will often ensure that the overall series is convergent. Quite often,
both the OGF and EGF may exist for a sequence. As an example, consider the sequence
1; 2; 4; 8; 16; 32; : : : with nth term an
2x/, whereas the EGF is
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GF may exist for a sequence. As an example, consider the sequence
1; 2; 4; 8; 16; 32; : : : with nth term an
2x/, whereas the EGF is
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GF may exist for a sequence. As an example, consider the sequence
1; 2; 4; 8; 16; 32; : : : with nth term an
2x/, whereas the EGF is e2x.
Thus, the EGF may converge in lot many problems where the OGF either is not convergent or
k(cid:1)xk. We could write this as an EGF by expanding
does not exist. Consider .1
n
(cid:0)
k(cid:1)
2n. The OGF is 1=.1
n(cid:138)=(cid:140)k(cid:138).n
k/(cid:138)(cid:141) as
x/n
0 (cid:0)
P
D
D
C
(cid:0)
n
k
D
n
D
(cid:0)
x/n
.1
C
D
n(cid:138)=.n
(cid:0)
k/(cid:138) .xk=k(cid:138)/
(1.17)
n
X
0
k
D
so that ak
n(cid:138)=.n
taken k at a time).
D
(cid:0)
k/(cid:138) (which happens to be P .n; k/, the number of permutations of n things
From Equation (1.13) it is clear that the EGF can be obtained from OGF by replacing
every occurrence of t by et and vice versa. It was shown before that the OGF of .1; 1; 1; : : :/ is
x/. Multiply the numerator and denominator by n(cid:138) to
1=.1
x/. As
get P1n
D
the number of permutations of size n is n(cid:138), this is the GF for permutations.
D
x/. This shows that the EGF of .1; 2(cid:138); 3(cid:138); : : :/ is 1=.1
x/ so that P1n
D
xn=n(cid:138)
D
(cid:2)
1=.1
1=.1
0 n(cid:138)
0 1
xn
(cid:0)
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x/ so that P1n
D
xn=n(cid:138)
D
(cid:2)
1=.1
1=.1
0 n(cid:138)
0 1
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x/ so that P1n
D
xn=n(cid:138)
D
(cid:2)
1=.1
1=.1
0 n(cid:138)
0 1
xn
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:2)
Now consider
(cid:16)ebt
(cid:0)
eat (cid:17) =.b
a/
(cid:0)
D
t=1(cid:138)
.b2
a2/=.b
a/t 2=2(cid:138)
C
.bn
(cid:0)
an/=.b
(cid:0)
a/t n=n(cid:138)
.b3
(cid:0)
a3/=.b
(cid:0)
a/t 3=3(cid:138)
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
(1.18)
C
:
3The sequence Pn
(cid:21)
C
0 n(cid:138)xn converges only at x
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
0.
D
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
1.5. EXPONENTIAL GENERATING FUNCTIONS (EGF)
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The general solution to the Fibonacci recurrence is of the form .(cid:12)n
(cid:11)/ which matches
the coefficient of t n=n(cid:138) in Equation (1.18) with “a” replaced by (cid:11) and “b” replaced by (cid:12) where
(cid:11)
p5/=2. This means that the EGF for Fibonacci numbers is
p5/=2 and (cid:12)
(cid:11)n/=.(cid:12)
.1
.1
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
D
(cid:0)
D
C
(cid:16)e(cid:12) t
(cid:0)
e(cid:11)t (cid:17) =.(cid:12)
(cid:11)/
(cid:0)
D
F0
C
F1t=1(cid:138)
C
F2t 2=2(cid:138)
C
F3t
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2)
(cid:11)/
(cid:0)
D
F0
C
F1t=1(cid:138)
C
F2t 2=2(cid:138)
C
F3t
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2)
(cid:11)/
(cid:0)
D
F0
C
F1t=1(cid:138)
C
F2t 2=2(cid:138)
C
F3t 3=3(cid:138)
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
Fnt n=n(cid:138)
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
;
(1.19)
where Fn is the nth Fibonacci number.
Another reason for the popularity of EGF is that they have interesting product and com-
position formulas. See Chapter 2 for details. The EGF has xn=n(cid:138) as multiplier. Some researchers
have extended it by replacing n(cid:138) by the nth Fibonacci number or its factorial Fn(cid:138) resulting in “Fi-
bonential” GF. Several extensions of EGF are available for specific problems. One of them is
1xn=n(cid:138), which has applications in al-
the tree-like GF (TGF) defined as F .x/
Pn
gorithm analysis, coding theory, etc.
0 annn
(cid:0)
D
(cid:21)
Example 1.7 (kth derivative of EGF) Prove that DkH.x/
P1n
D
D
0 an
C
kxn=n(cid:138)
a3x3=3(cid:138)
a2x2=2(cid:138)
akxk=k(cid:138)
n
C
D
C
C
a0
H.x/
a1x=1(cid:138)
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
D
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
a2
C
1 for each term to get H 0.x/
Solution 1.7 Consider
.
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
Take the derivative w.r.t. x of both sides. As a0 is a constant, its derivative is zero. Use
xn
derivative of xn
(cid:0)
(cid:3)
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:
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.t. x of both sides. As a0 is a constant, its derivative is zero. Use
xn
derivative of xn
(cid:0)
(cid:3)
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:
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.t. x of both sides. As a0 is a constant, its derivative is zero. Use
xn
derivative of xn
(cid:0)
(cid:3)
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
akxk
1=.k
. Differentiate again (this time a1 being a constant vanishes) to
1/(cid:138)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
get H 00.x/
a3x=1(cid:138)
pro-
cess k times. All terms whose coefficients are below ak will vanish. What remains is
H .k/.x/
1x=1(cid:138)
. This can be expressed using the summation
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
notation introduced in Chapter 1 as H .k/.x/
k/(cid:138). Using the change of
indexvar introduced in Section 1.5 this can be written as H .k/.x/
kxn=n(cid:138). Now if
P1n
D
we put x
(cid:0)
D
0, all higher order terms vanish except the constant ak.
k anxn
P1n
(cid:0)
D
. Repeat
a3x2=2(cid:138)
a4x2=2(cid:138)
2x2=2(cid:138)
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
a2x=1(cid:138)
akxk
k=.n
2=.k
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
0 an
this
2/(cid:138)
ak
ak
ak
a1
C
D
D
C
C
D
C
D
C
(cid:0)
C
C
C
(cid:0)
D
Example 1.8 (OGF of balls in urns) Find the OGF for the number of ways to distribute n dis-
tinguishable balls into m distinguishable urns (or boxes) in such a way that none of the urns is
empty.
Solution 1.8 Let un;m denote the total number of ways. Assume that i th urn has ni balls
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uishable balls into m distinguishable urns (or boxes) in such a way that none of the urns is
empty.
Solution 1.8 Let un;m denote the total number of ways. Assume that i th urn has ni balls
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uishable balls into m distinguishable urns (or boxes) in such a way that none of the urns is
empty.
Solution 1.8 Let un;m denote the total number of ways. Assume that i th urn has ni balls so
n where each ni >
that all urn contents should add up to n. That gives n1
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
x3=3(cid:138)
0. Let x=1(cid:138)
denote the GF for just one urn (where we have omitted
the constant term due to our assumption that the urn is not empty; meaning that there must
be at least one ball in it). As there are m such urns, the GF for all of them taken together is
/m. The coefficient of xn is what we are seeking. This is the sum
.x=1(cid:138)
x2=2(cid:138)
x2=2(cid:138)
x3=3(cid:138)
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
nm
n2
C
C
C
D
C
C
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
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1. TYPES OF GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Pn1
n2
C
C(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)C
nm
D
n n(cid:138)=(cid:140)n1(cid:138)n2(cid:138)
nm(cid:138)(cid:141). Denote the GF for un;m by H.x/. Then
(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
n
X
m
k
D
H.x/
D
akxk=k(cid:138)
.x=1(cid:138)
C
D
x2=2(cid:138)
x3=3(cid:138)
C
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
/m;
(1.20)
where ak
each urn gets one ball), and upper limit is n. The RHS is easily seen to be .ex
using binomial theorem to get
uk;m and the lower limit is obviously m
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/m;
(1.20)
where ak
each urn gets one ball), and upper limit is n. The RHS is easily seen to be .ex
using binomial theorem to get
uk;m and the lower limit is obviously m
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)
/m;
(1.20)
where ak
each urn gets one ball), and upper limit is n. The RHS is easily seen to be .ex
using binomial theorem to get
uk;m and the lower limit is obviously m (because this corresponds to the case where
1/m. Expand it
D
(cid:0)
.ex
1/m
(cid:0)
D
emx
(cid:0)
!
m
1
e.m
(cid:0)
1/x
C
!
m
2
e.m
(cid:0)
2/x
1/m:
.
(cid:0)
(cid:0) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
(1.21)
Expand each of the terms of the form ekx and collect coefficients of xn to get the answer as
un;m
mn
(cid:0)
D
!
m
1
.m
(cid:0)
1/n
C
!
m
2
.m
2/n
(cid:0)
1/m
(cid:0)
.
(cid:0)
(cid:0) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
1 m
m
(cid:0)
!
1
(1.22)
because the last term in the above expansion does not have xn.
Example 1.9 (EGF of Laguerre polynomials) Prove that the Laguerre polynomials are the
EGF of .
0; 1; 2; : : : ; n.
1/k(cid:0)
n
k(cid:1) for k
(cid:0)
D
Solution 1.9 The Laguerre polynomials are defined as
Ln.x/
D
n
X
0
k
D
!
1/k n
k
.
(cid:0)
=k(cid:138)xk:
n
Writing this as P
k
polynomial.
0.
(cid:0)
D
n
1/k(cid:0)
k(cid:1).xk=k(cid:138)/ shows that the EGF of .
(1.23)
1/k(cid:0)
n
k(cid:1) is the classical Laguerre
(cid:0)
1.6
POCHHAMMER GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Analogous to the formal power series expansions given above, we could also define Poch
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n
k(cid:1) is the classical Laguerre
(cid:0)
1.6
POCHHAMMER GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Analogous to the formal power series expansions given above, we could also define Poch
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)
n
k(cid:1) is the classical Laguerre
(cid:0)
1.6
POCHHAMMER GENERATING FUNCTIONS
Analogous to the formal power series expansions given above, we could also define Pochhammer
GF as follows. Here the series remains the same but the dummy variable is either rising factorial
or falling factorial type.
1.6.1 RISING POCHHAMMER GF (RPGF)
If (a0; a1; : : :) is a sequence of numbers, the RPGF is defined as
RPGF.x/
akx.k/;
D
X
0
k
(cid:21)
(1.24)
where x.k/
(cid:0)
tained where the known coefficients follow the Pochhammer factorial as
1/ : : : .x
1/. Note that this is different from the OGF or EGF ob-
x.x
D
C
C
k
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RPGF.x/
a.k/xk;
n
X
0
k
(cid:21)
D
where a.k/
a.a
C
D
1/ : : : .a
k
C
(cid:0)
1/. An example of an EGF of this type is
b
x/(cid:0)
.1
(cid:0)
D
1
X
0
k
D
which is the EGF for Pochhammer numbers b.k/.
b.k/xk=k(cid:138)
1.6.2 FALLING POCHHAMMER GF (FPGF)
The dummy variable is of type falling factorial in this type of GF.
FPGF.x/
akx.k/:
D
X
0
k
(cid:21)
(1.25)
(1.26)
(1.27)
Consider Stirling number of second kind. The FPGF is xn because P
OGF of Stirling number of first kind is P
of first kind is P1n
D
k S.n; k/xn=n(cid:138)
ond kind is P1n
D
constants to get falling EGF for Pochhammer numbers b.k/.
xn. The
0 S.n; k/x.k/
x.n/. The
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ond kind is P1n
D
constants to get falling EGF for Pochhammer numbers b.k/.
xn. The
0 S.n; k/x.k/
x.n/. The
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; k/xn=n(cid:138)
ond kind is P1n
D
constants to get falling EGF for Pochhammer numbers b.k/.
xn. The
0 S.n; k/x.k/
x.n/. The EGF of Stirling number
x//k and that of Stirling number of sec-
1/k=k(cid:138). The falling factorial can also be applied to the
n
k
D
.1=k(cid:138)/.log.1
k s.n; k/xn=n(cid:138)
0 s.n; k/xk
D
.ex
D
C
D
D
(cid:0)
D
n
k
FPGF
D
1
X
0
k
b.k/xk=k(cid:138):
(1.28)
D
This shows that both the sequence terms and dummy variable can be written using Pochham-
mer symbol, which results in four different types of GFs for OGF and EGF. The falling
dummy variable technique was introduced by James Stirling in 1725 to represent an an-
0 akz.k/. Some ex-
alytic function f .z/ in terms of difference polynomials as f .z/
amples are z2
z.z
6z.z
3/
P1k
D
D
D
z; z4
C
7z.z
D
1/.z
z; z3
D
1/
3z.z
(cid:0)
2/
1/.z
1/.z
2/.z
(cid:0)
z, etc.
z.z
z.z
1/
1/
2/
C
C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
C
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
C
(cid:0)
C
Example 1.10 Find OGF for the number of ways to color the vertices of a complete graph Kn.
Solution 1.10 Fix any of the nodes and give a color to it. There are n
there are n
1/.x
x.x
1 neighbors to it so that
1 choices. Continue arguing like this until a single node is left. Hence, the GF is
2/ : : : .x
1/ or x.n/ as the required
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x.x
1 neighbors to it so that
1 choices. Continue arguing like this until a single node is left. Hence, the GF is
2/ : : : .x
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/.x
x.x
1 neighbors to it so that
1 choices. Continue arguing like this until a single node is left. Hence, the GF is
2/ : : : .x
1/ or x.n/ as the required GF.
(cid:0)
n
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
(cid:0)
C
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1.7 OTHER GENERATING FUNCTIONS
There are many other GFs used in various fields. Some of them are simple modifications of the
dummy variable while others are combinations. A few of them are given below.
1.7.1 AUTO-COVARIANCE GENERATING FUNCTION
Consider the GF
P .z/
2 a0
a1.z
C
C
D
1=z/
C
a2.z2
C
1=z2/
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
ak.zk
1=zk/
;
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
C
(1.29)
where ak’s are the known coefficients. This is used in some of the time series modeling. Separate
the z and 1=z terms to get a0
which can
C
C
be written as two separate GF as G1.z/
G2.1=z/. See Shishebor et al. [2006] for autocovari-
ance GFs for periodically correlated autoregressive processes.
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
C (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) C
and a0
a2=z2
a2z2
a1=z
a1z
C
C
C
Example 1.11 (OGF of Auto-correlation) If the auto-correlation sequence of a discrete time
process X(cid:140)n(cid:141) is given by R(cid:140)n(cid:141)
< 1, find the auto-correlation GF.
n
aj
j where
D
a
j
j
Solution 1.11 Split
n
as P(cid:0)
n
1=.1
a/
nt (cid:0)
a(cid:
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GF.
n
aj
j where
D
a
j
j
Solution 1.11 Split
n
as P(cid:0)
n
1=.1
a/
nt (cid:0)
a(cid:
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