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RECURSIVE
FORMULA AND
EXPLICIT FORMULA
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Recursive formula of a
sequence
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Part 1. Recursive formula of a sequence
Example 1. Given a sequence
2, 4, 6, 8, …

What is the rule of this sequence?

Answer: Each term is two times bigger than its

previous term except the first term

𝑎𝑖 + 2 = 𝑎𝑖+1
2.
Explicit formula of a
sequence
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Part 2. Explicit formula of a sequence
Example 2. Given a sequence
3, 9, 27, 81, …

What is the rule of this sequence?

Answer: Each term is three times bigger than

its previous term except the first term

𝑎𝑖 = 3𝑖
HOW TO
TRANSFORM A GIVEN FORMULA
INTO AN EXPLICIT
SIMILARITY
Both are formulas to compute a term in a
given sequence
DIFFERENCE
Recursive formula Explicit formula
Need 1 or more previous Need numerical order of
term (and the order computing term
sometimes) to compute a
term
Example 3. Find the 15𝑡ℎ term of the sequence

𝑝𝑘 = 𝑝𝑘+1 + 2. 3𝑘 𝑘 ∈ ℤ, 𝑘 > 1
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𝑝2 = 2
 THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO SOLVE
DEDUCTION INDUCTION CONTRADICTION
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How to prove or find an explicit formula

Holds true Prove it holds

Analyzing Predicting
for n=1 for n=k+1
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