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#76 2012-04-03 18:16:25

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi,


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#77 2012-04-03 18:20:06

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi;


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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#78 2012-04-03 19:19:53

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Re: Find the general term!!!

hi bobbym,

Glad you've picked up on this thread.

If you get time have a look at posts 30 to 45.  Did we get this sorted?

Bob


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#79 2012-04-03 19:29:42

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi Bob;

I see lots of gAr and you in here and that means I can do something else.

My friend poses 100 problems a second and rarely stops to look around. gAr is correct  about the continued radical solving #2.

Which one got away from gAr and you?


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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#80 2012-04-03 22:25:33

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Re: Find the general term!!!

hi Bobbym

post 30

with

Stefy wanted the general term.

gAr and I could give him the convergence, but don't think there will be a simple formula.

What do you think?

Bob


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#81 2012-04-03 23:31:18

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi Bob;

There is nothing simple that I can find.

Except an error analysis produces this which is an asymptotic answer


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#82 2012-04-04 00:23:27

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Re: Find the general term!!!

hi bobbym,

Well that's quite a good result.  I'm happy with that.

Thanks a lot.  smile

Bob


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#83 2012-04-04 00:30:53

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi bob bundy;

Your welcome.


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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#84 2012-04-04 06:02:07

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Re: Find the general term!!!

bobbym wrote:

Hi;

Why is it impossible?


gAr wrote:

Hi,

What is you GF?


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#85 2012-04-04 06:05:20

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Re: Find the general term!!!

That is kind of easy to reason about. You need to think about that yourself. If you do not get it then you need some work in algebra, which is even more fundamental than calculus.

Post #81 shows the power of the new experimental mathematics.


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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#86 2012-04-04 06:23:35

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Yes I saw #81.Nice work on that.

I will se why #5 is impossible.


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#87 2012-04-04 06:25:14

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Did you try it out before complimenting me? Could be wrong... How would you convince yourself that it might do what it claims?


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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#88 2012-04-04 06:30:52

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi bobbym

I checked the first few terms.How did you arrive at that formula? *please don't say CAS,please don't say Cas,...*


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#89 2012-04-04 06:46:28

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi;

It is derived easily with some guessing and what I think I know about error analysis. This is not a mathematicians way of working.  I told you and have shown you the tools necessary to do this kind of work. I have not yet convinced you over to my way but I have noticed that you are envious of the type of answers gAr is capable of.

When you are convinced we will go further. For now let's look at the empirical evidence.

Supposing you wanted to know as close as possible what the 200th term in your recurrence was.

Using the formula we get

The exact answer to 100 digits is:

Pretty good!


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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#90 2012-04-26 08:45:02

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Re: Find the general term!!!

#6)Find the generating function of the sequence:

and from the generating function deduce the general term.


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#91 2012-04-26 08:51:36

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi;


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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#92 2012-04-26 08:57:28

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Re: Find the general term!!!

That is correct!Can I see your generating function?


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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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#93 2012-04-26 08:58:26

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Re: Find the general term!!!

No, you may not.


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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#94 2012-04-26 09:02:00

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Why not?Do you have one?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
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#95 2012-04-26 09:04:42

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Re: Find the general term!!!

It is possible to derive the GF. But that is not necessary here. There is a much better and shorter way.


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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#96 2012-04-26 09:06:56

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“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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#97 2012-04-26 09:09:27

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Re: Find the general term!!!

That method will not get what you require, because it is not the correct method to solve the problem.


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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#98 2012-04-26 09:12:35

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Why not?


“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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#99 2012-04-26 09:14:03

bobbym
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Re: Find the general term!!!

You are getting ahead of yourself. Confusing yourself further, the answer lies in the other thread!


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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#100 2012-04-26 09:17:57

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Which other thread? There are so many of them!

You could get the generating function by forming a recurrence formula for the series and then finding the GF from there.


“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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