Překlad "difference equation" do čeština

(mathematics) An equation involving an ordered sequence or real numbers (\left\{a_n\right\}_{n=1}^\infty) and some number if it's differences, where the first difference is defined as \Delta(a_n) = a_{n+1} - a_n\, and the k^th difference is defined recursively as \Delta^k(a_n) = \Delta^{k-1}(a_{n+1}) - \Delta^{k-1}(a_n)\,. [..]