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Hannibal lecter

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Registered: 2016-02-11

Posts: 392

oh god help me

why I can't understand the theorem of   (Solving Linear Homogeneous Recurrence Relations
with Constant Coefficients)

what is that mean!????????????

what can I do if I read something and didn't understand about it... who can I ask for help??

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bumpkin

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Registered: 2009-04-12

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Re: oh god help me

It is a whole lot of jargon, authors love that stuff. Are you looking to understand how to solve one?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
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Re: oh god help me

hi Hannibal lecter

what can I do if I read something and didn't understand about it

Make up a simple example.

ie. Choose a quadratic with two easy to find but different roots.  Then construct the sequence a1, a2, a3 using

and check out the recurrence relation.

Bob

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