Introduction

2.4 Assignments
Assignment A: Mathematical Investigation
Title: Growth rate of sequence

This assignment is to study how the growth rate of a sequence. However, there
were many terms must to calculate until a pattern becomes apparent.

Problem statement is a concise description of the problem or issues a project

seeks to address. The problem statement identifies the current state, the
desired future state and any gaps between the two. A problem statement is an
important communication tool that can help ensure everyone working on a
project knows what the problem they need to address is and why the project is
important. So, we can discover the professional field about mathematical such
as statistics and accounting to develop our country by using the sequence. One
way to find out is to calculate many terms of the sequences until a pattern
becomes apparent.

Growth of rate is many functions or sequences go to infinity when their input

goes to infinity. For example, we have seen that n^2, ln n, and 2^n all diverge
to infinity. We often need to know how fast a sequence grows. One way to do
this is to calculate many terms of the sequences and compare them.
n n^2 ln n 2^n
1 1 0 2
10 100 2.303 1024
100 10000 4.605 ≈ 10^30
10000 1000000 6.908 ≈ 10^301
100000 10^8 9.210 ≈ 10^3010
1000000 10^10 11.513 ≈ 10^30103
10000000 10^12 13.816 ≈ 10^301030

A sequence f (n) grows faster than g (n) (or g grows slower than f) if:
lim f (n)/g (n) = ∞ or lim g (n)/f (n) = 0.
n→∞ n→∞
In this case we write f> >g or g> >f.
Sequences f (n) and g (n) grow at the same rate if for some L, 0 < L <
∞,
lim f (n)/g (n)= L.
n→∞
Rational sequence is a sequence of rational numbers. For example, the fourth
Farey series. is a rational sequence. Integer sequences are a special case of
rational sequences. In the OEIS, rational sequences are typically entered as two
sequences: one for numerators and one for denominators.
For example, let x be an irrational number (cf. rational number). Take a
sequence of rational numbers {xk} with the property that {xk} converges, with
respect to the Euclidean topology, towards x as k tends towards infinity.
Informally, this means that each of the numbers in the sequence get closer and
closer to x as we progress further and further along the sequence.
The term convergence is the opposite of divergence. Convergence defined is
the act of converging and especially moving toward union or uniformly.
Divergence defined is when the number of graph is moving in the opposite
direction of a technical indicator or is moving contrary to other data.
Convergence and divergence are not same due to convergence can cause the
sequence is converge to a number. However, divergence does not cause the
sequence converge to a number because that is only infinitely.