A linear sequence repeatedly increases or decreases by the same amount. The number added (or subtracted) at each stage of the linear sequence remains the same.

Learn what an arithmetic sequence is and about number patterns in arithmetic sequences with this BBC Bitesize Maths KS3 article. For students aged of 11 and 14.

Lars Mathiesen, Computational Experience in Solving Equilibrium Models by a Sequence of Linear Complementarity Problems, Operations Research, Vol. 33, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1985), pp. 1225-1250 ...