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Quadratic RecurrenceN.B. A detailed on-line essay by S. Finchwas the starting point for this entry.
A quadratic recurrence is a Recurrence Relation on a Sequence of numbers expressing as asecond degree polynomial in with . For example,
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is a quadratic recurrence. Another simple example is
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with , which has solution . Another example is the number of ``strongly'' binary trees of height , given by
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with . This has solution
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where
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and is the Floor Function (Aho and Sloane 1973). A third example is the closest strict underapproximation ofthe number 1,
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where are integers. The solution is given by the recurrence
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with . This has a closed solution as
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where
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(Aho and Sloane 1973). A final example is the well-known recurrence
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with used to generate the Mandelbrot Set.See also Mandelbrot Set, Recurrence Relation References
Aho, A. V. and Sloane, N. J. A. ``Some Doubly Exponential Sequences.'' Fib. Quart. 11, 429-437, 1973.Finch, S. ``Favorite Mathematical Constants.'' http://www.mathsoft.com/asolve/constant/quad/quad.html |