Generalized discrete Lotka-Volterra equation, orthogonal polynomials and generalized epsilon algorithm

In this paper, we propose a generalized discrete Lotka-Volterra equation and explore its connections with symmetric orthogonal polynomials, Hankel determinants and convergence acceleration algorithms. Firstly, we extend the fully discrete Lotka-Volterra equation to a generalized one with a sequence of given constants {u(0)((n))} and derive its solution in terms of Hankel determinants. Then, it is shown that the discrete equation of motion is transformed into a discrete Riccati system for a discrete Stieltjes function, hence leading to a complete linearization. Besides, we obtain its Lax pair in terms of symmetric orthogonal polynomials by generalizing the Christoffel transformation for the symmetric orthogonal polynomials. Moreover, a generalization of the famous Wynn's c-algorithm is also derived via a Miura transformation to the generalized discrete Lotka-Volterra equation. Finally, the numerical effects of this generalized c-algorithm are discussed by applying to some linearly, logarithmically convergent sequences and some divergent series.