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  • Subject: [mg40173] RE: Plot a recurrence relation
  • From: "tgarza01 at prodigy.net.mx" <tgarza01 at prodigy.net.mx>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 03:02:55 -0500 (EST)
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In[1]:=
<< DiscreteMath`RSolve`

In[2]:=
sol = RSolve[{a[n + 1] == 
     a[n]/(2*n - 7), a[0] == 6}, 
   a[n], n]

Out[2]=
{{a[n] -> (3*2^(1 - n))/
     Pochhammer[-(7/2), n]}}

In[3]:=
ListPlot[Table[{n, a[n] /. 
      sol[[1]]}, {n, 0, 10}], 
   PlotStyle -> {Hue[1], 
     PointSize[0.0125]}]; 

Tomas Garza
Mexico City

Original Message:
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From: David davidol at hushmail.com
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg40173]  Plot a recurrence relation


How can I get mathematica to plot a sequence that's defined recursively e.g.

a_0 = 6
a_(n+1) = a_n / (2n - 7)

Cheers.




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