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#551 2012-07-04 06:10:32
- bobbym
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Re: Limits!
How about a(0)=2, a(1)=-36, a(2)=35?
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#552 2012-07-04 07:51:37
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
The fifth one is 0 again.
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#553 2012-07-04 22:24:53
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Re: Limits!
That is not good!
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#554 2012-07-04 22:37:08
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
Of course! I need to find a way of knowing when a sequence getsthe 0 at a point.
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#555 2012-07-04 23:33:28
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Re: Limits!
Uhhhh, why not just run the recurrence?
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#556 2012-07-04 23:52:41
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
Because the zero may be in the googolth place. Maybe it is in the bajilionth place. Maybe it's in the googolplexth place. Or in Graham's numberth place.
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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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#557 2012-07-05 01:00:32
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Re: Limits!
Hmmm. There is no way to tell where that zero or any other number will be. Maybe just in special cases.
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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