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An affine recurrence on a finite-dimensional vector space has the form $x_{n+1}=A{x}_n+b$, where $A$ is a fixed linear operator and $b$ a fixed vector. Induction givesThe sum is empty at $n=0$. If $I-A$ is invertible, the unique fixed point is $x_{\ast }=(I-A{)}^{-1}b$, and subtracting it reduces the recurrence to $x_n-x_{\ast }=A^n(x_0-x_{\ast })$. The sum formula remains valid when $I-A$ is singular, even when no fixed point exists. For example, $A=I$ gives the arithmetic progression $x_n=x_0+nb$. A stable affine recurrence additionally has spectral radius below one and converges to its fixed point.