Re: Beginners Question - Series list problem
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- Subject: [mg35684] Re: Beginners Question - Series list problem
- From: lalu_bhatt at yahoo.com (Bhuvanesh)
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 04:46:46 -0400 (EDT)
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Baz <bazcor at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> I am trying to generate a list of numbers where the number being
> calculated is dependant on the previous list member.
>
> What I (think I) need is a function, like
> SeriesTable[expr,{InitialValue,imax}] where IntitialValue will be the
> first value in the list and expr will be evaluated on this value to
> form the second value and so on Imax times.
>
>
> My attempts to write such a function have failed miserably. Please
> help ... Barry
Maybe you can use NestList:
Cell[TextData[ButtonBox["NestList",
ButtonStyle->"RefGuideLink"]], "Text"]
--
Bhuvanesh,
Wolfram Research.