Re: Functions That Remember Values They Have Found
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- From: Dana DeLouis <dana01 at me.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:48:57 -0400 (EDT)
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> Hgeom[n_] :=
> H[n] = Sum[(1 - 0.5)^i/(1 - 0.5^i) Hgeom[n - i], {i, 1, n}]/n
> Hgeom[0] = 1;
Hi. I see you have a solution. If you later want to eliminate the recursive part...
fx[n_]:=((-1)^-n 2^(1/2 (-1+n) n))/QPochhammer[2,2,n]
Hgeom3[18]//Timing
{0.00296, =
11417981541647679048466287755595961091061972992/864390930149924278258644465301081415783295060766875}
fx[18]//Timing
{0.000073, =
11417981541647679048466287755595961091061972992/864390930149924278258644465301081415783295060766875}
%%[[-1]]==%[[-1]]
True
fx[4]//N
0.203175
= = = = = = = = = =
HTH :>)
=E2=80=A8Dana DeLouis
Mac & Mathematica 8
To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
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On Aug 6, 4:53 am, Esteban Gonz=C3=A1lez Morales <yo8... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I was trying to create a recursive function and I read the help about it, and wrote this code
>
> Hgeom[n_] :=
> H[n] = Sum[(1 - 0.5)^i/(1 - 0.5^i) Hgeom[n - i], {i, 1, n}]/n
> Hgeom[0] = 1;
>
> However, when I calculate Hgeom[10] it gives me the right value, and then I ask for the information about Hgeom and get that it has values calculated.
>
> Have you any idea what could have gone wrong?