Singular systems of partial difference equations (Q1209718)

The paper is concerned with systems of partial difference equations of the form (1) \(Ax(i+1,k)+Bx(i,k+1)+Cx(i,k)=u(i,k)\) or (2) \(Ax(i+1,k+1)+Bx(i+1,k)+Cx(i,k+1)=u(i,k)\) where \(i\geq 0\), \(k\geq 0\) and \(A,B,C\) are constant nonzero square matrices with \(\text{det} A=\text{det} B=0\) in case (1) and \(\text{det} A=0\) in case (2), respectively. For those systems various sufficient conditions for the unique existence of solutions are derived. The results are applied to different state-space models of discrete systems for which sufficient conditions for BIBO stability are obtained.