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#26 2012-03-31 03:40:15

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Re: Find the general term!!!

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 2012-03-31 04:01:48

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Re: Find the general term!!!

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.  smile

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#28 2012-03-31 04:09:14

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Re: Find the general term!!!

xaxa xD

you don't have to answer them if you don't want to tongue tongue

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#29 2012-03-31 04:11:25

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Re: Find the general term!!!

But it's the challenge!  smile

Bob  and signing off before you sneak in another.


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#30 2012-03-31 04:34:24

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Re: Find the general term!!!


#2)Find the general term of the sequence:

and

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#31 2012-03-31 05:19:32

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Oh !  dunno

I'll think about it.

You may have a long wait ..............

................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................

still thinking

-----------------------------------> ∞

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#32 2012-03-31 05:20:44

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Re: Find the general term!!!

hi bob

i think you need to reboot again.

i thought you would be mad at me big_smile


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#33 2012-03-31 05:23:08

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Re: Find the general term!!!

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 2012-03-31 05:26:54

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Re: Find the general term!!!

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?

Bob


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#35 2012-03-31 05:33:04

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Re: Find the general term!!!

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 2012-03-31 05:33:52

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Re: Find the general term!!!

hi gAr

nice work!and thanks for the GF.

did you try yourself at #2?


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#37 2012-03-31 05:37:26

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi anonimnystefy,

You're welcome.
I think there's no closed formula for #2. It converges to a value.


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#38 2012-03-31 05:40:56

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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 2012-03-31 05:47:05

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Ok!


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#40 2012-03-31 05:55:03

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Re: Find the general term!!!

hi gAr

a_n=1/n - it converges.


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#41 2012-03-31 06:00:01

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi,

a_n=1/n ?
I did not get you.


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#42 2012-03-31 06:04:21

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Re: Find the general term!!!

that's a sequence that is convergent and has a closed form.


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#43 2012-03-31 06:41:34

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Re: Find the general term!!!

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)?

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#44 2012-03-31 06:44:04

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Re: Find the general term!!!

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 2012-03-31 06:56:53

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Re: Find the general term!!!

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 2012-03-31 07:27:07

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Re: Find the general term!!!

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 2012-03-31 18:34:24

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi anonimnystefy,

That's what I answered in #35.


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#48 2012-03-31 22:18:04

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Re: Find the general term!!!

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 2012-03-31 22:29:35

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi,

Ok.


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#50 2012-03-31 22:35:28

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi gAr

Yes,but you haven't answered the question!


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