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Re: defining a recursive formula?

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  • Subject: [mg54884] Re: defining a recursive formula?
  • From: Curt Fischer <tentrillion at gmail.NOSPAM.com>
  • Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 01:34:29 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <d09dnj$d80$1@smc.vnet.net>
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lou zion wrote:
> 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

In[1]:=
p[R_] := i*R - a

In[2]:=

Nest[p, R, 5]
Out[2]=
-a + i*(-a +
     i*(-a + i*(-a +
         i*(-a + i*R))))

-- 
Curt Fischer


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