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How to find the nth term in the following sequence: 1,1,2,2,4,4,8,8,16,16
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I'm having difficulty in finding the formula for the sequence above, when I put this in wolframalpha it gave me a rather complex formula which I'm not convinced even works properly but I'm sure there's a simple way to achieve this. I've searched for many similar sequences but couldn't find anything that helped me.
I'm thinking I'll most likely need to have a condition for even numbers and another for non even numbers.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
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I'm having difficulty in finding the formula for the sequence above, when I put this in wolframalpha it gave me a rather complex formula which I'm not convinced even works properly but I'm sure there's a simple way to achieve this. I've searched for many similar sequences but couldn't find anything that helped me.
I'm thinking I'll most likely need to have a condition for even numbers and another for non even numbers.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
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How about using the floor function?
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I'm having difficulty in finding the formula for the sequence above, when I put this in wolframalpha it gave me a rather complex formula which I'm not convinced even works properly but I'm sure there's a simple way to achieve this. I've searched for many similar sequences but couldn't find anything that helped me.
I'm thinking I'll most likely need to have a condition for even numbers and another for non even numbers.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
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I'm having difficulty in finding the formula for the sequence above, when I put this in wolframalpha it gave me a rather complex formula which I'm not convinced even works properly but I'm sure there's a simple way to achieve this. I've searched for many similar sequences but couldn't find anything that helped me.
I'm thinking I'll most likely need to have a condition for even numbers and another for non even numbers.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
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How about using the floor function?
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These are just powers of two. So: $2^{lfloor n / 2rfloor}$
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I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
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This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
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The sequence is the powers of two, each repeated twice. We can encode the latter feature using the quantity $lfloor frac{n}{2} rfloor$, which has values $0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, ldots$.
So, the sequence is given (for appropriate indexing) by $$color{#df0000}{boxed{a_n := 2^{lfloor n / 2 rfloor}}} .$$
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Alternatively, this is an example of a sequence where the $n$th term is a fixed linear combination of the immediately previous terms: We can write it as
$$a_n = 2 a_{n - 2}, qquad a_0 = a_1 = 1.$$
Using the ansatz $a_n = C r^n$ and substituting in the recursion formula gives $C r^n = 2 C r^{n - 2}$. Rearranging and clearing gives the characteristic equation $r^2 - 2 = 0$, whose solutions are $pm sqrt{2}$. So, the general solution is
$$a_n = A (sqrt{2})^n + B(-sqrt{2})^n = (sqrt{2})^n [A + B(-1)^n] .$$
Substituting the initial values $a_0 = a_1 = 1$ gives a linear system in the coefficients $A, B$.
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$begingroup$
These are just powers of two. So: $2^{lfloor n / 2rfloor}$
answered 16 mins ago
FlowersFlowers
638410
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I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
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– Anonymous
3 mins ago
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This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
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– Flowers
46 secs ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
These are just powers of two. So: $2^{lfloor n / 2rfloor}$
answered 16 mins ago
FlowersFlowers
638410
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I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
$endgroup$
– Anonymous
3 mins ago
$begingroup$
This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
$endgroup$
– Flowers
46 secs ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
These are just powers of two. So: $2^{lfloor n / 2rfloor}$
answered 16 mins ago
FlowersFlowers
638410
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These are just powers of two. So: $2^{lfloor n / 2rfloor}$
answered 16 mins ago
FlowersFlowers
638410
answered 16 mins ago
FlowersFlowers
638410
answered 16 mins ago
FlowersFlowers
638410
answered 16 mins ago
FlowersFlowers
638410
638410
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I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
$endgroup$
– Anonymous
3 mins ago
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This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
$endgroup$
– Flowers
46 secs ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
$endgroup$
– Anonymous
3 mins ago
$begingroup$
This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
$endgroup$
– Flowers
46 secs ago
$begingroup$
I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
$endgroup$
– Anonymous
3 mins ago
$begingroup$
I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
$endgroup$
– Anonymous
3 mins ago
$begingroup$
This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
$endgroup$
– Flowers
46 secs ago
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This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
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– Flowers
46 secs ago
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The sequence is the powers of two, each repeated twice. We can encode the latter feature using the quantity $lfloor frac{n}{2} rfloor$, which has values $0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, ldots$.
So, the sequence is given (for appropriate indexing) by $$color{#df0000}{boxed{a_n := 2^{lfloor n / 2 rfloor}}} .$$
answered 14 mins ago
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The sequence is the powers of two, each repeated twice. We can encode the latter feature using the quantity $lfloor frac{n}{2} rfloor$, which has values $0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, ldots$.
So, the sequence is given (for appropriate indexing) by $$color{#df0000}{boxed{a_n := 2^{lfloor n / 2 rfloor}}} .$$
answered 14 mins ago
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$begingroup$
The sequence is the powers of two, each repeated twice. We can encode the latter feature using the quantity $lfloor frac{n}{2} rfloor$, which has values $0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, ldots$.
So, the sequence is given (for appropriate indexing) by $$color{#df0000}{boxed{a_n := 2^{lfloor n / 2 rfloor}}} .$$
answered 14 mins ago
TravisTravis
63.8k769151
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The sequence is the powers of two, each repeated twice. We can encode the latter feature using the quantity $lfloor frac{n}{2} rfloor$, which has values $0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, ldots$.
So, the sequence is given (for appropriate indexing) by $$color{#df0000}{boxed{a_n := 2^{lfloor n / 2 rfloor}}} .$$
answered 14 mins ago
TravisTravis
63.8k769151
answered 14 mins ago
TravisTravis
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answered 14 mins ago
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Alternatively, this is an example of a sequence where the $n$th term is a fixed linear combination of the immediately previous terms: We can write it as
$$a_n = 2 a_{n - 2}, qquad a_0 = a_1 = 1.$$
Using the ansatz $a_n = C r^n$ and substituting in the recursion formula gives $C r^n = 2 C r^{n - 2}$. Rearranging and clearing gives the characteristic equation $r^2 - 2 = 0$, whose solutions are $pm sqrt{2}$. So, the general solution is
$$a_n = A (sqrt{2})^n + B(-sqrt{2})^n = (sqrt{2})^n [A + B(-1)^n] .$$
Substituting the initial values $a_0 = a_1 = 1$ gives a linear system in the coefficients $A, B$.
answered 44 secs ago
TravisTravis
63.8k769151
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$begingroup$
Alternatively, this is an example of a sequence where the $n$th term is a fixed linear combination of the immediately previous terms: We can write it as
$$a_n = 2 a_{n - 2}, qquad a_0 = a_1 = 1.$$
Using the ansatz $a_n = C r^n$ and substituting in the recursion formula gives $C r^n = 2 C r^{n - 2}$. Rearranging and clearing gives the characteristic equation $r^2 - 2 = 0$, whose solutions are $pm sqrt{2}$. So, the general solution is
$$a_n = A (sqrt{2})^n + B(-sqrt{2})^n = (sqrt{2})^n [A + B(-1)^n] .$$
Substituting the initial values $a_0 = a_1 = 1$ gives a linear system in the coefficients $A, B$.
answered 44 secs ago
TravisTravis
63.8k769151
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$begingroup$
Alternatively, this is an example of a sequence where the $n$th term is a fixed linear combination of the immediately previous terms: We can write it as
$$a_n = 2 a_{n - 2}, qquad a_0 = a_1 = 1.$$
Using the ansatz $a_n = C r^n$ and substituting in the recursion formula gives $C r^n = 2 C r^{n - 2}$. Rearranging and clearing gives the characteristic equation $r^2 - 2 = 0$, whose solutions are $pm sqrt{2}$. So, the general solution is
$$a_n = A (sqrt{2})^n + B(-sqrt{2})^n = (sqrt{2})^n [A + B(-1)^n] .$$
Substituting the initial values $a_0 = a_1 = 1$ gives a linear system in the coefficients $A, B$.
answered 44 secs ago
TravisTravis
63.8k769151
$endgroup$
Alternatively, this is an example of a sequence where the $n$th term is a fixed linear combination of the immediately previous terms: We can write it as
$$a_n = 2 a_{n - 2}, qquad a_0 = a_1 = 1.$$
Using the ansatz $a_n = C r^n$ and substituting in the recursion formula gives $C r^n = 2 C r^{n - 2}$. Rearranging and clearing gives the characteristic equation $r^2 - 2 = 0$, whose solutions are $pm sqrt{2}$. So, the general solution is
$$a_n = A (sqrt{2})^n + B(-sqrt{2})^n = (sqrt{2})^n [A + B(-1)^n] .$$
Substituting the initial values $a_0 = a_1 = 1$ gives a linear system in the coefficients $A, B$.
answered 44 secs ago
TravisTravis
63.8k769151
answered 44 secs ago
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How about using the floor function?
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