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Re: delay evaluation inside RecurrencTable?

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg122523] Re: delay evaluation inside RecurrencTable?
• From: Alan <alan.isaac at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:49:19 -0500 (EST)
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On Oct 30, 5:30 am, "Dr. Wolfgang Hintze" <w... at snafu.de> wrote:
> a[0] = 100; Table[a[k] = 0.8*a[k - 1] + RandomReal[{-1, 1}] , {k, 1,
> 20}]
>
> Each time you call the Table new random numbers are taken taken.



Now I am really puzzled.  Why does Table behave as I want,
but not RecurrenceTable?  Are both behaviors intentional?

Thanks,
Alan Isaac