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#151 2012-04-28 10:36:57

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Re: Find the general term!!!


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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#152 2012-04-28 10:40:52

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hide it,please!And let me check if it is correct.


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#153 2012-04-28 12:34:54

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Did you check yet.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#154 2012-04-28 12:42:16

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Re: Find the general term!!!

I think the general term is good. I cannot say that for tge rec formuka. Did you check it?

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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#155 2012-04-28 12:45:08

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Re: Find the general term!!!

They are all correct. The problem is they are sometime shifted.


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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#156 2012-04-28 12:57:03

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Yes,all of those are correct. I missed the minus sign in your rec equation. Good job,bobbym!

May I ask how you derived the general formula?


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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#157 2012-04-28 12:59:39

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Square root of 12.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#158 2012-04-28 13:04:01

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Wow,you explained it to such detail! I understand it perfectly.

Joke aside,what do you mean-square root if 2?


“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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#159 2012-04-28 13:59:19

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Re: Find the general term!!!

We had this discussion in another thread. I tried to explain it then but I do not think I did. Remember the difference between a hand problem and a computer one?


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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#160 2012-04-28 14:01:05

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Yes,I do.

I would like you to explain what that swquence has with sthat aquare root of 12.


“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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#161 2012-04-28 14:08:09

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Re: Find the general term!!!

If I posted

would you ask how I got it?


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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#162 2012-04-28 14:10:42

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Oooh,so you solved it by a computer!

I will try to get an algebraic method tomorrow.if I get anything,I will post it.


“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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#163 2012-04-28 14:16:03

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Re: Find the general term!!!

There are methods to derive them but they are tedious and error prone.
The rule is whenever you learn a technique you immediately teach your computer
how to do it too. Then from that point on you get perfect answers at much higher speeds.
Those are all one line commands in M.


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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#164 2012-04-29 10:25:26

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Re: Find the general term!!!

I got the answer by using GFs.

Could you maybe show me next weekend how to write a program for something like this in Maxima?


“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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#165 2012-04-29 10:49:38

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Re: Find the general term!!!

I am not sure if I can write something in Maxima.


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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#166 2012-04-29 11:12:26

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Well,I am as clueless as you so maybe we can use an online tutorial or something.


“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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#167 2012-04-29 11:24:12

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Next week is far awy. First I have to remember the algorithm myself.


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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#168 2012-04-29 11:28:21

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Your typing is getting worse. tongue

Can you write the algorithm down or post it 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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#169 2012-04-29 11:40:17

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Sometimes I do not have the full usage of my left hand.


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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#170 2012-04-29 11:50:02

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Re: Find the general term!!!

I would ask why,but it could and would turn into chatting.

Did you write down your algorithm?


“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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#171 2012-04-29 11:52:45

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Re: Find the general term!!!

There are two or three bobbym's. Sometimes I do not know whatb the other two are doing or why.

See you in a bit. Chore time!


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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#172 2012-04-29 11:59:20

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Re: Find the general term!!!

No,there is only one bobbym. Otherwise the world would crumble to pieces. So you didn't write down the algorithm yet.


“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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#173 2012-04-29 16:35:11

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Hi;

No, what I did was write it for a machine whose language I no longer understand.


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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#174 2012-04-29 16:49:08

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Re: Find the general term!!!

Doesn't matter. I think I can decode it.


“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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#175 2012-04-29 16:53:10

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Re: Find the general term!!!

That won't matter If I can 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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