Introduction to Sequences (Precalculus - College Algebra 67)

An exploration of sequences, how they are created, some of their common uses, and how to find a general term from a sequence.

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[ProfessorLeonard]

Note: While '0' itself IS an even number (and can be defined so), it depends on how we denote the sequence as to whether it is the 'first' even or not. We can say that 2 is the first POSITIVE even number without ambiguity. But in defining the sequence as beginning with n=1, we are avoiding the even term of zero. I make an allusion to this a bit earlier in a different example when I state that zero acts as an even number for the exponent of -1 even though the terms are not beginning with n=0 but n=1 and so for our sequences, zero is not part of the even 'list' but for exponents it absolutely acts as even (because it is) which was the meaning of the statement I made. And so, zero is excluded from the list of even numbers simply because of the way we define them with a sequence in starting with n=1. If we begin with n=0, then we actually have the first even number of '0' and get 51 even numbers when we reach the n=50 term. I tried to keep the video brief, and so did not want to delve into this on film, but it's a great question and I hope my writing makes sense.

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[georgesadler]

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[muntoo]

Prof Leonard, can you be so kind to do another video explaining the index k and n in the summation of sequences?

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[nihatdonmezov]

At 38:59, the exponent of (n+1) also works.

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[usv-julg]

What about : bn=n+(n-1) it seems working perfectly. you don't need to know any previous item, try it for b100 and b99

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[zuxzux]

For the sequence at 38 min, you could also use n+1 as the exponent correct? That should give you the same result.

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[Wahab]

The recursive function of the last question wouldn’t work right? Try it on b sub 1, you get 2 out of b sub 0, so it wouldn’t work

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[MrOsha]

for the sequence in min 50:00 cant I write it as n+(n-1) as well and that would work just as fine?

[thatsounditmakes]

At 37:53 for b_1 I'm getting -1^0 = -1 so the result b_1 = -2 not b_1 = 2, even though I got the same final expression. What am I doing wrong?