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Re: Plot a recurrence relation

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  • Subject: [mg40188] Re: Plot a recurrence relation
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 14:47:34 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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  • Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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Hi,

define

a[0] = 6
a[n_Integer /; n > 0] := a[n] = a[n - 1]/(2(n - 1) - 7)

ListPlot[Table[a[i], {i, 0, 20}]]

Regards
  Jens


David wrote:
> 
> 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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