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#26 2012-04-01 02:40:15
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hi bob
Nice work! My formula looks similar to yours in that it uses {a}=a-floor(a) but all three of us got a different formula! That's so cool.
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#27 2012-04-01 02:01:48
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Thanks. Now, please stop giving me interesting challenges for a while. I've got a lot of stage equipment to sort out and put away. 
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#28 2012-04-01 02:09:14
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xaxa xD
you don't have to answer them if you don't want to 
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#29 2012-04-01 02:11:25
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But it's the challenge!
Bob and signing off before you sneak in another.
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#30 2012-04-01 02:34:24
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#2)Find the general term of the sequence:
and
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#31 2012-04-01 03:19:32
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Oh ! 
I'll think about it.
You may have a long wait ..............
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still thinking
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#32 2012-04-01 03:20:44
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hi bob
i think you need to reboot again.
i thought you would be mad at me 
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#33 2012-04-01 03:23:08
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Hi Bob,
Good to know another nice formula!
Hi anonimnystefy,
G.f's can be used here to solve the recurrence.
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#34 2012-04-01 03:26:54
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It tends to 2.7912878474779....... as n tends to infinity. (quite quickly)
I don't suppose you would accept
f(n) = 2.791287847 for all n greater than 12, would you? he he!
hi gAr,
where did G(x) come from?
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#35 2012-04-01 03:33:04
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Hi Bob,
Yes, I think the question requires a(n) as n->∞, which is (1+√21)/2
G(x) is just a generating function for the series, chose x as a variable.
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#36 2012-04-01 03:33:52
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hi gAr
nice work!and thanks for the GF.
did you try yourself at #2?
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#37 2012-04-01 03:37:26
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Hi anonimnystefy,
You're welcome.
I think there's no closed formula for #2. It converges to a value.
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#38 2012-04-01 03:40:56
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Oh, the generating function for 3,6,8,16 ......
I thought it was for the root 5 problem.
Doh!
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#39 2012-04-01 03:47:05
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Ok!
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#40 2012-04-01 03:55:03
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hi gAr
a_n=1/n - it converges.
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#41 2012-04-01 04:00:01
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Hi,
a_n=1/n ?
I did not get you.
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#42 2012-04-01 04:04:21
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that's a sequence that is convergent and has a closed form.
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#43 2012-04-01 04:41:34
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I don't think gAr was saying convergent => no closed form but rather
(i) it has no closed form AND (ii) it is convergent.
Did you just make it up or are you expecting that it has a formula (eg. the book says so)?
Bob
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#44 2012-04-01 04:44:04
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hi bob
I found that sequence before in a math magazine we get at school and the magazine was asking for a value of convergence.i just took the same sequence and just asked for a closed form.
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#45 2012-04-01 04:56:53
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OK. So maybe it is true that it has no closed form.
Where's bobbym when you need him? I haven't seen him at all today. Hope he is OK.
Do you know how to get the convergence?
Bob
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#46 2012-04-01 05:27:07
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hi bob
i saw him around noon.yesterday i didn't see him much either.something might be happening with him.
yes,i do,but i don't know if it's mathematically accepted:
s=sqrt(5+sqrt(5+sqrt(...+sqrt(5+sqrt(5)))))
s=sqrt(5+s)
s^2-s-5=0
s= (1+sqrt(21))/2
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#47 2012-04-01 16:34:24
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Hi anonimnystefy,
That's what I answered in #35.
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#48 2012-04-01 20:18:04
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Hi gAr
yes,but bob asked me if I knew how to find it.
#3) Find the sum of the first n terms of the sequence:
1,11,111,1111,11111,111111,1111111,...
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#49 2012-04-01 20:29:35
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Hi,
Ok.
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#50 2012-04-01 20:35:28
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Hi gAr
Yes,but you haven't answered the question!
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