Impulse response of difference equation

Hi
I want to find out the implse response of the following difference equation.How to find it out? No initial conditions are given.

There are a few ways. Do you know how to take the z-transform and inverse z-transform? That's a nice simple way.

i know a little bit.can you give example how to solve this? of same order y(k+2)

z-transforms of difference equations are pretty easy. Any term that looks like A y(k+n), transforms to A z^n Y(z) in the z-domain. Any linear difference equation with constant coefficients (which is what you have) will be make up of terms that look like this.

Then, algebraically solve for Y(z). Then inverse transform back using lookup tables. You will find that your example is in most tables, however, you usually have to do a little bit of algebraic manipulation to make it look exactly like the function in the table.

For example if your function looks like F(z) and the table only has z F(z), then the effect of the extra multiplication by z just means a time delay by one sample to your actual answer. Also, if your function is F(z) but your table gives you C F(z), then rewrite your function as 1/C (C F(z)), and then you can use the table.

Also, partial fraction expansions are often very useful when taking inverse transforms. But, in this case you can do the problem faster without resorting to that approach.