Difference equations 13- The left elimination method. The counter elimination method. Still
using the framework of the right elimination method (formulae (10)-(15))
in reverse order, we obtain through such an analysis the computational
formulae of the left elimination rnethod: 
(17)(18)(19)and(20)(~) Ai
~ i = C; - ~i+1 B; '(~) 1 Bi 7/i+r + F;
7i = -----
C; - ~i+1 B; 'i = N - 1, N - 2, ... , 2, 1, ~N = X2;
i = N - 1, N - 2, ... , 2, 1, 7/N = μ2;
(--+)
Y i+l = ~i+1 Yi+ 17;+1, i = 0, 1, ... , N - 1,Indeed, with the relation Yi+1 = ~i+l Yi + 7];+1 granted we eliminate suc-
cessively Yi+1, y; = ~i Yi-I + T}i frorn equation (9). The outcome of this
IS-Fi= A; Y1-1 + (B; ~i+1 - C;) Yi+ B; 7/i+r
= [A; - (Ci - B; ~i+1) ~;] Yi-1 + B; 7/i+1 - (C; - B; ~i+1) 7];.
Equation (9) is valid if we agree to considerA; - ( C; - B; ~i+1) ~i = 0 ,from which formulae (17) and (18) immediately follow. The value y 0 can
be found from the condition Yo = x 1 y 1 + μ 1 and the formula y 1 = ~ 1 y 1 +7] 0.
The presented inequalitiesconfirm that the correctness and stability of the left elimination method
are ensured by conditions (16), since l~il < 1 for all i = 1, 2, ... , N.
Joint use of the left and right elimination n1ethocls refers to the counter
elimination 111ethod. The essence of this method is to consider a fixed inner