What are the next numbers in this sequence?

4, 5, 8, 8, 9, 9, 12, 13, 13, 13, ?, ?

(In reply to my second answer by nickson)

it only proves that series cannot be unambiguously defined by a finite, albeit large, quantity of samples...

e.g. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 ,,,, a(n)=n will go on as 8,9,10,..etc

but a(n) =(n-1)*(n-2)*(n-3)*(n-4)*(n-5)*(n-6)*(n-7)+n
produces 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,5048 ,9!+9,...

need I say more???

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2005-08-06 21:19:02