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Re: simple sequence problem

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  • Subject: [mg74432] Re: [mg74402] simple sequence problem
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:49:06 -0500 (EST)
  • Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net

Clear[x];

x[0]=1;
x[n_Integer?Positive]:=x[n]=Cos[x[n-1]];

ListPlot[Table[{n,
    x[n]},{n,0,20}],PlotJoined->True,PlotRange->All,PlotStyle->Red];

??x


Bob Hanlon

---- traz <t_raz at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Hi, this might be a silly question, but how do you do this in mathematica.
> 
> x1 == Cos[1];
> x2 == Cos[x1];
> x3 == Cos[x2];
> 
> and so on ... ... so basically x(n)= Cos[x(n - 1)]
> 
> I want to plot n against x(n). How do you do the code for this type of sequence in mathematica?
> 



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