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Initial Term Identification (Posted on 2015-07-21) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A sequence {X0, X1, X2, ...., Xn} is given by:
Xn(1 - Xn-1) = Xn-1

Find X0, given that: X2015 = 2015

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Working from the other direction | Comment 2 of 3 |
x(1) = x(0)/(1 - x(0))
x(2) = x(1)/(1 - x(1)) = x(0)/(1 - 2*x(0))
x(3) = x(0)/(1 - 3*x(0))
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x(2015) = x(0)/(1 - 2015*x(0)) = 2015
x(0) = 2015/(2015^2 + 1) = 2015/4060226


  Posted by xdog on 2015-07-21 19:57:58
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