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defining a recursive formula?

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• Subject: [mg54869] defining a recursive formula?
• From: "lou zion" <illuzioner at adelphia.net>
• Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 05:08:04 -0500 (EST)
• Reply-to: "lou zion" <illuzioner at adelphia.net>
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can someone help me represent the following?

i have a quantity p[R_] := i* R -a

i need to compute

F[N_]  := p[p[p[p[p[R]]]]]  to N levels deep.

how can i do this? thanks!

lou

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