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Re: Creating List of Sequence Iterates

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  • Subject: [mg33401] Re: [mg33385] Creating List of Sequence Iterates
  • From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 01:53:05 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: JEOL (USA) Ltd.
  • References: <200203190438.XAA16778@smc.vnet.net>
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Bob Harris wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I'm trying to figure out how, with a single expression, I can create a list
> of iterates of some sequence.
>
> For example, suppose I have defined F[x_] := 3x+2 and I want to get a list
> that contains F[1], F[F[1]], F[F[F[1]]], etc.  It seems like I could do
> something like
>
>     iterates = Table [F[ iterates[[n-1]] ] , {n,1,20}]
>
> to get a list of the first 20 iterations of this function (assuming I had
> some way to define interates[[1]]).
>
> Anyone know how I can do that, short of writing the following function?
>
>   Iterate[func_ , first_ , iterations_] := Module[ {v, ix},
>     v = Table[0, {n, 1, iterations}];
>     v[[1]] = first;
>
>     For[ix=2, ix<=iterations, ix++, v[[ix]] = func[v[[ix-1]]] ];
>
>     v
>     ]
>
> Any help would be appreciated.  I'm mostly interested in being pointed in
> the right direction.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob H

Nest[F, 1, iterates]

Regards,

Sseziwa



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