 Ordinary generating function of a recurrence (source code)

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= Ordinary generating function of a recurrence

For a sequence $(u_n)$, the ordinary generating function is
$$
G(x)=\sum_{n\geq0}u_nx^n.
$$
Multiplying a linear recurrence by $x^n$ and summing converts shifts of the sequence into polynomial multiples of $G$.

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