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Recursive Functions, Iterates, and Finite Differences: By: Jeffrey Bivin Lake Zurich High School

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Recursive Functions, Iterates, and Finite Differences: By: Jeffrey Bivin Lake Zurich High School

The document discusses recursive functions and finite differences. It provides examples of recursive rules for sequences and how to determine if a sequence is arithmetic, geometric, or another type. It also shows how to write linear and quadratic models based on the differences between terms in a sequence.

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Recursive Functions,

Iterates,
and Finite Differences
By: Jeffrey Bivin
Lake Zurich High School

[email protected]

Last Updated: May 21, 2008


Recursive Function
A recursive function is a function whose
domain is the set of nonnegative integers
and is made up of two parts –
1. Start
2. Definition

Jeff Bivin -- LZHS


Example 1
a1 = 5
an = an-1 + 10
n=2 n=3 n=4
a2 = a(2-1) + 10 a3 = a (3-1) + 10 a4 = a(4-1) + 10
a2 = a1 + 10 a3 = a2 + 10 a4 = a3 + 10
a2 = 5 + 10 a3 = 15 + 10 a4 = 25 + 10
a2 = 15 a3 = 25 a4 = 35

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Example 2
f(1) = 3
f(n) = 5•f(n-1) + 2
n=2 n=3 n=4
f(2) = 5•f(2-1) + 2 f(3) = 5•f(3-1) + 2 f(4) = 5•f(4-1) + 2
f(2) = 5•f(1) + 2 f(3) = 5•f(2) + 2 f(4) = 5•f(3) + 2
f(2) = 5•3 + 2 f(3) = 5•17 + 2 f(4) = 5•87 + 2
f(2) = 17 f(3) = 87 f(4) = 437

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Example 3
f(1) = 1
f(2) = 1
f(n) = f(n-1) + f(n-2)

f(3) = f(3-1) + f(3-2) = f(2) + f(1) = 1 + 1 = 2


f(4) = f(4-1) + f(4-2) = f(3) + f(2) = 2 + 1 = 3
f(5) = f(5-1) + f(5-2) = f(4) + f(3) = 3 + 2 = 5
f(6) = f(6-1) + f(6-2) = f(5) + f(4) = 5 + 3 = 8

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Write a recursive rule
for the sequence
4, 12, 36, 108, 324, . . .
Is it Arithmetic or Geometric?

What is the pattern? multiply by 3

What is the start? a1 = 4


What is the definition? an = 3·an-1
Write a recursive rule
for the sequence
7, 12, 17, 22, 27, . . .
Is it Arithmetic or Geometric?

What is the pattern? add 5

What is the start? a1 = 7


What is the definition? an = an-1 + 5
Write a recursive rule
for the sequence
3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, . . .
Is it Arithmetic or Geometric? neither

What is the pattern? 3+4 = 7, 4 + 7 = 11, 7 + 11 = 18

What is the start? a1 = 3


a2 = 4
What is the definition? an = an-2 + an-1
Find the first three iterates of the
function for the given initial value.
f(x) = 5x + 3, x0 = 2
x1 = f(x0) = f(2) = 5(2) + 3 = 13
x2 = f(x1) = f(13) = 5(13) + 3 = 68
x3 = f(x2) = f(68) = 5(68) + 3 = 343
Determine the degree
of the function

4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28

1st difference 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

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Now, write the linear model
f(1) f(2)
4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28

(1, 4) m 74
2 1  3
1 3
(2, 7) y  4  3( x  1)
y  4  3x  3
y  3x  1

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Determine the degree
of the function

-1, 0, 5, 14, 27, 44, 65, 90, 119

1st difference 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29

2nd difference 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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Now write the quadratic model
f(1) f(2) f(3)
-1, 0, 5, 14, 27, 44, 65, 90, 119

f (n)  an  bn  c
2

f (1)  a(1)  b(1)  c 


2
a  b  c  1
f (2)  a(2)  b(2)  c  4a  2b  c  0
2

f (3)  a (3)  b(3)  c  9a  3b  c  5


2

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Now write the quadratic model
f(1) f(2) f(3)
-1, 0, 5, 14, 27, 44, 65, 90, 119

f (n)  an  bn  c
2

f (1)1  a
1 (1)1
2
b1(1) a=c2 a  b  c   1

f (2)4 a2(2)1
RREF
2
 0b(2)b= c-5 4a  2b  c  0
 

f (3)9  a3(3)12
5b(3)c= c2  9a  3b  c  5
f (n)  2n  5n  2
2

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Determine the degree
of the function

1, 10, 47, 130, 277, 506, 835, 1282, 1865

9, 37, 83, 147, 229, 329, 447,


1st difference
583

28, 46, 64, 82, 100, 118,


2nd difference 136

18, 18, 18, 18,


3 difference
rd
18, 18

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Now write the quadratic model
f(1) f(2) f(3) f(4)
1, 10, 47, 130, 277, 506, 835, 1282, 1865
f (n)  an 3  bn 2  cn  d
f (1)  a (1) 3  b(1) 2  c(1)  d  a  b  c  d 1
f (2)  a (2) 3  b(2) 2  c(2)  d  8a  4b  2c  d  10
f (3)  a(3) 3  b(3) 2  c(3)  d  27a  9b  3c  d  47
f ( 4)  a (4) 3  b( 4) 2  c( 4)  d  64a  16b  4c  d  130

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Now write the quadratic model
f(1) f(2) f(3) f(4)
1, 10, 47, 130, 277, 506, 835, 1282, 1865
f (n)  an 3  bn 2  cn  d
f (1)  a(11) 3 1b(1)12 1c(1)1  d  a  b  c  d 1
 83 4 22 1 10 
f (2)  a (2)  b(2)  c(2)  d  8a  4b  2c  d  10
RREF 3
f (3)  a(3 27 47d  27a  9b  3c  d  47
)  b9(3) 2 3 c1(3) 
 3 
f ( 4)  a (464
)  16
b( 4) 4  1c( 4130
2
)  d  64a  16b  4c  d  130

a = 3 b = -4 c = 0 d = 2 f (n)  3n  4n  2
3 2

Jeff Bivin -- LZHS

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