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Selected answers to common questions:
Strategies for finding sequences.
- Reciprocals of Integers Greater Than 1 as Sum of a Series [07/01/2004]
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Show that the reciprocal of every integer greater than 1 is the sum of
a finite number of consecutive terms of the series 1/[j(j + 1)].
- Recursion, and Closure [11/04/2015]
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Having sussed out a recursive formula, a teen wonders how to determine its equivalent closed form — and seeks a more methodical approach to such problems. After a few observations about finite differences, Doctor Greenie identifies a template for closed form formulas, and proceeds to test it.
- Recursive and Explicit Formulas [01/19/1999]
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Is there an easy way to convert recursive formulas into explicit ones and
vice versa?
- Recursive vs. Explicit Formulas [01/02/1997]
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What is the difference between explicit and recursive formulas?
- Repeating Decimals [04/28/1999]
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I am interested in finding longer repeating groups in number tails of
repeating decimals.
- Repeating Decimals as Geometric Series [02/13/2001]
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How can you express repeating decimals as geometric series and convert
them to fractions using the series sum formula?
- Rule for a Sequence [8/25/1996]
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What is the next number of these two sequences? {8 13 5 15 20 12} and {20
25 17 51 56 48}
- Scoring System Problem [10/28/2001]
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What is the highest score that is impossible to make?
- Second-Order Linear Recurrences [06/08/2001]
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Three problems involving recurrence equations.
- Second Order Recurrence with Non-Constant Coefficients [05/27/2005]
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I'm trying to find a closed form solution of a second order recurrence
relation with no constant coefficients, specifically: u(n+2) =
2*(2*n+3)^2 * u(n+1) - 4*(n+1)^2*(2*n+1)*(2*n+3)*u(n). Can you help?
- Sequence and Series Terminology and Concepts [11/27/2005]
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I'm studying sequences and series and am confused about how they are defined in terms of functions as there seem to be some inconsistencies. Can you help clarify things for me?
- Sequence Missing a Middle Term [02/26/2016]
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Finding the last term of a sequence is easy. But what if the unknown
term is missing from the middle of the sequence? Doctor Greenie
outlines two approaches — one complex, one simple, both robust
— emphasizing throughout that there are always alternative
solutions that satisfy these kinds of problems.
- Sequence of Squares [07/25/1998]
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Do you have any information on the sequence of squares?
- Sequence of Triangular Numbers [7/13/1995]
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What is the sequence called 1, 3, 6, 10, 15 and how is it generated?
- Sequence Pattern and Closed Form [7/16/1996]
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Given the pattern for a sequence, I can't figure out a general rule for
the nth term.
- Sequences [7/29/1996]
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The sum of three numbers is 147 and when multiplied together they yield
21952... Find a formula for 60, 30, 20, 15...
- The Sequence Sin(n) [02/20/2002]
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I am trying to prove that the sequence sin(n), for n, a natural number,
does not converge.
- Sequence Uncertainty [04/03/2013]
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A student senses that he has the wrong number to continue a sequence that contains
several negative numbers. Doctor Peterson empathizes before picking up on the
patterns.
- Series Convergence [01/27/2001]
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Test these series for convergence; if the series is alternating, tell
whether the convergence is conditional or absolute...
- Series Convergence [02/28/2001]
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Why does 1 + 1/2^z + 1/3^z + ... converge for Re(z) greater than 1?
- Series Divergence [03/03/1999]
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Show that the series sum(k=0 -> infinity): (k/e)^k/k! is divergent.
- Series Expansion of 1/(1-x) [08/01/1998]
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Can you explain the series expansion identity 1/(1-x) = 1 + x + x^2 + x^3
+ ... ? In what region does it converge?
- Series for which Convergence is Unknown [11/09/2000]
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Are there series for which it is unknown whether they converge or
diverge?
- Series Problem: Find the Sum [6/24/1996]
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Find sum[sin(nx)/(3^n),(n,0,oo)] if sin x=1/3 and x is in the first
quadrant.
- A Series that Converges and Diverges? [04/30/2002]
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Let N = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 + 128 + ... Does this series both
converge and diverge?
- Series Types [05/11/1997]
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What are the definitions of convergent, divergent, and oscillating
series?
- Showing That the Sum of the Infinite Series cos(n)/n Converges [04/01/2008]
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I'm trying to determine if the sum of the series (cos n)/n for n = 1
to infinity converges. I've tried some tests but they have been
inconclusive.
- Sigma Notation [4/14/1996]
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I am trying to find questions regarding sigma notation.
- Sigma Notation [09/07/2001]
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To prove that sigma (i^2) from i = 1 to n i equal to (n(n+1)(2n+1))/6
start with (i+1)^3 - i^3...
- A Simple Expression? [1/26/1996]
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Is it possible to have a simple expression for a certain series starting
at k=b...?
- Simple Number Pair Series Yields Surprising Ratio ... Why? [12/31/2009]
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An enthusiast wonders about the curious ratio that emerges from a
simple pattern for generating number pairs. Doctor Rick builds an
algebraic argument for why its phi-like recursive relationship
approaches the square root of 2.
- Simplify a Geometric Series [05/06/2003]
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x^n + x^(n - 1) + x^(n - 2) + ... + x^(n - n)
- Solutions to X^Y = Y^X [12/21/2000]
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How can I find the solutions to the equation x^y = y^x? I have been told
that it involves the Lambert W Relation.
- Solving an Equation with Infinite Exponents [03/15/2007]
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If x^x^x^x^x^x^x^x^x^x^x...... = 2, solve for x. How can I solve that
equation?
- Solving a Sequence [12/7/1995]
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Write an expression to find the nth term of the following sequence: 3, 9, 18, 30, 45 . . .
- Solving Continued Fractions [08/08/1998]
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How do you get sqrt(2) from 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + ...)))? How do you solve
continuous fractions in general?
- Some Algebra Problems [6/1/1996]
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If z=(3-2i)^1/2 then find z^-...
- Square Root of 3 minus 1 [09/24/1997]
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Express sqrt3-1 as a continued fraction.
- Square Root Theory [11/16/2001]
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When I enter any positive number in the calculator or a fraction like
0.1, then take the square root of that number, then take the square root
of that number, and keep pressing the square root button over and over, I
eventually get to number 1. Why?
- Stair Patterns [02/27/2001]
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The 1st step is made with 4 matches, the 2nd with 10 matches, the 3rd
with 18, the fourth with 28. How many matches would be needed to build 6,
10, and 50 steps?
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