Re: iterative function query
- To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg10615] Re: [mg10579] iterative function query
- From: Wouter Meeussen <w.meeussen.vdmcc@vandemoortele.be>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 04:42:45 -0500
that is what Nest[ ] is for :
Nest[45+0.97 #&,45,5]
or
tax[x_]:=45+ 97/100 x
Nest[tax,45,4] or Nest[tax,0,5] should do.
>so that the following is generated:
>
>45 + 0.97(45+0.97(45+0.97(45+0.97(45))))
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check the help-file for NestList and FixedPoint.
wouter.
At 16:54 20.01.98 -0500, you wrote:
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>Can someone explain the best way to code:
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>starting at x=1 and going to x=5;
>taxes[x_]:= 45 + 0.97(taxes[x+1])/;
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>so that the following is generated:
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>45 + 0.97(45+0.97(45+0.97(45+0.97(45))))
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>Thanks,
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>Eric Walters
>ewalters@bio.fsu.edu</HTML>
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>Can someone explain the best way to code:
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><P>starting at x=1 and going to x=5; <BR>taxes[x_]:= 45 +
>0.97(taxes[x+1])/;
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><P>so that the following is generated:
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><P>45 + 0.97(45+0.97(45+0.97(45+0.97(45))))
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><P>Thanks,
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><P>Eric Walters
><BR>ewalters@bio.fsu.edu</HTML>
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