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Re: "Alternating" function

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  • Subject: [mg63281] Re: "Alternating" function
  • From: "Borut Levart" <BoLe79 at gmail.com>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:04:44 -0500 (EST)
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Module[{i = 1},
  Nest[x + ((-1)^i++)*f[#] &, x + f[x], 4]
  ]

This does what you desire to do. Note the increment of i by one in
every Nest-iteration, and so an alternative sign before f. For a shift
in signs by one, change the starting value of i in Module by one.

Greetings from Slovenia,
Borut Levart


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