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#26 2011-09-08 00:45:36

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Re: Iterations!!!

It is much too large to post and it has a very interesting story connected to it.


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#27 2011-09-08 00:46:39

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Re: Iterations!!!

sad why did you mention it.do you know where i can find it online?


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#28 2011-09-08 00:52:09

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Re: Iterations!!!

Because you asked. Here is the background on it.

http://www.mathisfunforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=16363

Had he come here my name would be in his journal article. C' est la vie!


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#29 2011-09-08 00:53:27

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Re: Iterations!!!

can't you just tell me?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#30 2011-09-08 00:55:23

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Re: Iterations!!!

How can I tell you it is a whole story? See the link I gave you. It says it all I think!


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#31 2011-09-08 01:01:50

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Re: Iterations!!!

so how are you doing with this?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#32 2011-09-08 01:04:53

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Re: Iterations!!!

The whole process is huge. Whereas the Fibonacci recurrence has 2 terms this one has 1830 terms. The answer is close to a 6000 digit number!


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#33 2011-09-08 01:05:40

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Re: Iterations!!!

any iterations you can post here?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#34 2011-09-08 01:08:15

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Re: Iterations!!!

Not yet but the problem will be solved using the idea in post #2.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#35 2011-09-08 01:10:03

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Re: Iterations!!!

i'm not talking about the googol problem.any other iterations?


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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#36 2011-09-08 01:10:51

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Re: Iterations!!!

Compound interest is an iteration.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#37 2011-09-08 01:26:01

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Re: Iterations!!!

anything i can understand?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#38 2011-09-08 01:33:41

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Re: Iterations!!!

Sure you could understand it! Trouble is I would have trouble explaining it.

Here are the first few answers.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#39 2011-09-08 01:39:54

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Re: Iterations!!!

answers for what?


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The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#40 2011-09-08 01:46:35

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Re: Iterations!!!

See that 42, that is the coefficient for x^11. As such it is an answer. If I can find the 10^100 number in that sequence I am home free...


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#41 2011-09-08 20:25:16

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Re: Iterations!!!

anonimnystefy wrote:

if you know anything about any iteration/iterations post it here.

The Antlerman Sequence

Last edited by benice (2011-09-08 20:28:25)

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#42 2011-09-08 22:24:48

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Re: Iterations!!!

Hi;

Here is another goody.

Solve:

This process can be iterated:

And we have the continued fraction of the quadratic


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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