Re: Beginners Question - Series list problem
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- Subject: [mg35661] Re: [mg35636] Beginners Question - Series list problem
- From: BobHanlon at aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 04:45:46 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In a message dated 7/24/02 2:34:21 AM, bazcor at tiscali.co.uk writes:
>I am trying to generate a list of numbers where the number being
>calculated is dependant on the previous list member.
>
>What I (think I) need is a function, like
>SeriesTable[expr,{InitialValue,imax}] where IntitialValue will be the
>first value in the list and expr will be evaluated on this value to
>form the second value and so on Imax times.
Look at the function NestList
NestList[f, iV, 3]
{iV, f[iV], f[f[iV]], f[f[f[iV]]]}
Bob Hanlon
Chantilly, VA USA