How to solve recursion relations in mathematica efficiently?
- by Qiang Li
I have a recursion to solve for.
f(m,n)=Sum[f[m - 1, n - 1 - i] + f[m - 3, n - 5 - i], {i, 2, n - 2*m + 2}] + f[m - 1, n - 3] + f[m - 3, n - 7]
f(0,n)=1, f(1,n)=n
However, the following mma code is very inefficient
f[m_, n_] := Module[{},
If[m < 0, Return[0];];
If[m == 0, Return[1];];
If[m == 1, Return[n];];
Return[Sum[f[m - 1, n - 1 - i] + f[m - 3, n - 5 - i], {i, 2, n - 2*m + 2}] + f[m - 1, n - 3] + f[m - 3, n - 7]];]
It takes unbearably long to compute f[40,20]. Could anyone please suggest an efficient way of doing this? Many thanks!
