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Re: Beginners Question - Series list problem

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  • Subject: [mg35664] Re: Beginners Question - Series list problem
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 04:45:51 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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  • Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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Hi,

you need NestList[], here is a FactorialList[] with NestList[]

FactorialList[n_Integer] := 
  NestList[{#1[[1]] + 1, #[[2]]*(#1[[1]] + 1)} &, {1, 1}, n - 1]

Regards
  Jens

Baz wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> My attempts to write such a function have failed miserably. Please
> help ... Barry


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