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#501 2012-02-26 08:33:29

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Re: Limits!

Hi bobbym

Are you referring to the new thread or the old big oh thread?


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#502 2012-02-26 08:36:21

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Re: Limits!

The asymptotic thread!


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#503 2012-02-26 08:39:58

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Re: Limits!

So the big oh one.well post it then!


“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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#504 2012-02-26 08:48:37

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Re: Limits!

I would love to but there is already an unfinished problem there.


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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#505 2012-06-26 06:07:23

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Re: Limits!

Any new limits?


“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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#506 2012-06-26 17:23:41

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Re: Limits!

Hi;

What is the limit of this sequence?


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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#507 2012-06-27 03:07:07

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Re: Limits!

Hi bobbym,


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#508 2012-06-27 03:10:35

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Re: Limits!

Hi gAr;


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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#509 2012-06-27 03:15:24

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Re: Limits!

Hi,

Our answers are definitely correct, we only need to prove it converges to a limit.


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#510 2012-06-27 03:17:11

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Re: Limits!

Yes! And we need to prove that for all initial conditions that occurs!


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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#511 2012-06-27 03:24:12

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Re: Limits!

Hi bobbym


“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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#512 2012-06-27 03:25:11

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Re: Limits!

Yeah, and I haven't tried proving those parts yet, and I don't know for now!


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#513 2012-06-27 03:25:35

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Re: Limits!

Hi anonimnystefy;


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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#514 2012-06-27 03:32:25

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Re: Limits!

Okay.

I just remembered. It will be -sqrt(3)/3 for negative initial conditions!


“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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#515 2012-06-27 03:34:54

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Re: Limits!

Hi;

They can not all be negative.


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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#516 2012-06-27 03:54:04

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Re: Limits!

Why not?


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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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#517 2012-06-27 03:57:40

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Re: Limits!

That is a good question. They could all be negative.


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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#518 2012-07-03 17:00:07

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Re: Limits!

If the initial conditions are negative, so will be all other elements of the array.


“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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#519 2012-07-03 20:21:29

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Re: Limits!

When the question was first posed, I did not like it. I still don't.


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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#520 2012-07-04 00:49:47

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Re: Limits!

Did you try the recursion with some big initial conditions?


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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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#521 2012-07-04 01:09:42

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Re: Limits!

No, I did not do that. Someone also mentioned that it is possible for the recurrence to oscillate for two different values.

It is important to remember that these detractors never ever produced any of these initial conditions that had these properties.


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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#522 2012-07-04 01:26:36

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Re: Limits!

Could you try 0,1,2 for me in M?


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#523 2012-07-04 01:35:08

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Re: Limits!

Hi;

Of course! The sequence converged to 0.5773502691896258 in 200 iterations.


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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#524 2012-07-04 01:38:48

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Re: Limits!

Which is again sqrt(3)/3. What about 0,-1,-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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#525 2012-07-04 01:41:19

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Re: Limits!

-0.5773502691896258


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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