Series

if the sequence {an} ,satisfies the recurrence ,
an+1 = 3an -2an-1 for n>=2
a0 = 2
a1 = 3
Find a2007

12 Answers

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Hari Shankar ·

Hint: define bn = an-an-1

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Bicchuram Aveek ·

Is it 1 + 22007 ???

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Lokesh Verma ·

Yes it is :)

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

can i get the solution?

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

Solution...

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Asish Mahapatra ·

see what bhatt sir has written

an+1 = 3an - 2an-1
=> (an+1 - an) = 2(an-an-1))

If we denote an-an-1 as bn then, we get

bn+1 = 2bn = 22bn-1 = ....2n-1b2
bn = 2n-2b2
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b2 = b2

adding vertically, we get
an+1 - a1 = b2 (1+ 2+ 22 + ...+ 2n-1) = b2(2n-1)

taking n = 2006, we get
a2007 - a1= (a2 - a1)*(22006 -1)

=> a2007 -3 = 2*22006 - 2
=> a2007 = 22007 +1

one mistake in the question is that the recursive relation is valid for n≥1 and not n≥2 as given

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

Thank u....
But the mistake was very big....

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Lokesh Verma ·

To see if you have understood this question try to solve a very small variation (dont know if this should be called a variation at the first place :P)

2an+1= 5an -3an-1 for n>=1

find the general value of an
in terms of a1 and a2

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

an = -2(3/2)n-2a1 + 3a1 + 2(3/2)n-2a2 - 2a2

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

There was one more series qn.
The sequence {an) is an increasing integers with only positive integers.
an+2 = an+1 + anfor n > 1
a7 = 120
find a8

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Ricky ·

That ' s the Fibonacci Sequence , except for the fact that the terms is different . However , I ' ll rather not spoil the fun for others to solve this problem by giving a rigorous solution .

1
Ricky ·

That ' s the Fibonacci Sequence , except for the fact that the terms is different . However , I ' ll rather not spoil the fun for others to solve this problem by giving a rigorous solution .

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