How to find the nth term in the following sequence: 1,1,2,2,4,4,8,8,16,16












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I'm having difficulty in finding the formula for the sequence above, when I put this in wolframalpha it gave me a rather complex formula which I'm not convinced even works properly but I'm sure there's a simple way to achieve this. I've searched for many similar sequences but couldn't find anything that helped me.



I'm thinking I'll most likely need to have a condition for even numbers and another for non even numbers.



Any help would be highly appreciated.






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I'm having difficulty in finding the formula for the sequence above, when I put this in wolframalpha it gave me a rather complex formula which I'm not convinced even works properly but I'm sure there's a simple way to achieve this. I've searched for many similar sequences but couldn't find anything that helped me.



I'm thinking I'll most likely need to have a condition for even numbers and another for non even numbers.



Any help would be highly appreciated.






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I'm having difficulty in finding the formula for the sequence above, when I put this in wolframalpha it gave me a rather complex formula which I'm not convinced even works properly but I'm sure there's a simple way to achieve this. I've searched for many similar sequences but couldn't find anything that helped me.



I'm thinking I'll most likely need to have a condition for even numbers and another for non even numbers.



Any help would be highly appreciated.






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I'm having difficulty in finding the formula for the sequence above, when I put this in wolframalpha it gave me a rather complex formula which I'm not convinced even works properly but I'm sure there's a simple way to achieve this. I've searched for many similar sequences but couldn't find anything that helped me.



I'm thinking I'll most likely need to have a condition for even numbers and another for non even numbers.



Any help would be highly appreciated.






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    How about using the floor function?
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How about using the floor function?
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These are just powers of two. So: $2^{lfloor n / 2rfloor}$






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    I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
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    This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
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Alternatively, this is an example of a sequence where the $n$th term is a fixed linear combination of the immediately previous terms: We can write it as
$$a_n = 2 a_{n - 2}, qquad a_0 = a_1 = 1.$$
Using the ansatz $a_n = C r^n$ and substituting in the recursion formula gives $C r^n = 2 C r^{n - 2}$. Rearranging and clearing gives the characteristic equation $r^2 - 2 = 0$, whose solutions are $pm sqrt{2}$. So, the general solution is
$$a_n = A (sqrt{2})^n + B(-sqrt{2})^n = (sqrt{2})^n [A + B(-1)^n] .$$
Substituting the initial values $a_0 = a_1 = 1$ gives a linear system in the coefficients $A, B$.






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    The sequence is the powers of two, each repeated twice. We can encode the latter feature using the quantity $lfloor frac{n}{2} rfloor$, which has values $0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, ldots$.




    So, the sequence is given (for appropriate indexing) by $$color{#df0000}{boxed{a_n := 2^{lfloor n / 2 rfloor}}} .$$







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        I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
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        This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
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        I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
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        This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
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        I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
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      • $begingroup$
        This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
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      • $begingroup$
        I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
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        – Anonymous
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      • $begingroup$
        This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
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      $begingroup$
      I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
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      – Anonymous
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      $begingroup$
      I'm not sure this works for everything, for example the 6th term should be 4 but 2^(3) = 8
      $endgroup$
      – Anonymous
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      $begingroup$
      This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
      $endgroup$
      – Flowers
      4 mins ago




      $begingroup$
      This is assuming zero-indexing. So the first element is $n=0$. If you want it to be one-indexed then just subtract 1 from n in the formula.
      $endgroup$
      – Flowers
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      Alternatively, this is an example of a sequence where the $n$th term is a fixed linear combination of the immediately previous terms: We can write it as
      $$a_n = 2 a_{n - 2}, qquad a_0 = a_1 = 1.$$
      Using the ansatz $a_n = C r^n$ and substituting in the recursion formula gives $C r^n = 2 C r^{n - 2}$. Rearranging and clearing gives the characteristic equation $r^2 - 2 = 0$, whose solutions are $pm sqrt{2}$. So, the general solution is
      $$a_n = A (sqrt{2})^n + B(-sqrt{2})^n = (sqrt{2})^n [A + B(-1)^n] .$$
      Substituting the initial values $a_0 = a_1 = 1$ gives a linear system in the coefficients $A, B$.






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        Alternatively, this is an example of a sequence where the $n$th term is a fixed linear combination of the immediately previous terms: We can write it as
        $$a_n = 2 a_{n - 2}, qquad a_0 = a_1 = 1.$$
        Using the ansatz $a_n = C r^n$ and substituting in the recursion formula gives $C r^n = 2 C r^{n - 2}$. Rearranging and clearing gives the characteristic equation $r^2 - 2 = 0$, whose solutions are $pm sqrt{2}$. So, the general solution is
        $$a_n = A (sqrt{2})^n + B(-sqrt{2})^n = (sqrt{2})^n [A + B(-1)^n] .$$
        Substituting the initial values $a_0 = a_1 = 1$ gives a linear system in the coefficients $A, B$.






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          Alternatively, this is an example of a sequence where the $n$th term is a fixed linear combination of the immediately previous terms: We can write it as
          $$a_n = 2 a_{n - 2}, qquad a_0 = a_1 = 1.$$
          Using the ansatz $a_n = C r^n$ and substituting in the recursion formula gives $C r^n = 2 C r^{n - 2}$. Rearranging and clearing gives the characteristic equation $r^2 - 2 = 0$, whose solutions are $pm sqrt{2}$. So, the general solution is
          $$a_n = A (sqrt{2})^n + B(-sqrt{2})^n = (sqrt{2})^n [A + B(-1)^n] .$$
          Substituting the initial values $a_0 = a_1 = 1$ gives a linear system in the coefficients $A, B$.






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          Alternatively, this is an example of a sequence where the $n$th term is a fixed linear combination of the immediately previous terms: We can write it as
          $$a_n = 2 a_{n - 2}, qquad a_0 = a_1 = 1.$$
          Using the ansatz $a_n = C r^n$ and substituting in the recursion formula gives $C r^n = 2 C r^{n - 2}$. Rearranging and clearing gives the characteristic equation $r^2 - 2 = 0$, whose solutions are $pm sqrt{2}$. So, the general solution is
          $$a_n = A (sqrt{2})^n + B(-sqrt{2})^n = (sqrt{2})^n [A + B(-1)^n] .$$
          Substituting the initial values $a_0 = a_1 = 1$ gives a linear system in the coefficients $A, B$.







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              The sequence is the powers of two, each repeated twice. We can encode the latter feature using the quantity $lfloor frac{n}{2} rfloor$, which has values $0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, ldots$.




              So, the sequence is given (for appropriate indexing) by $$color{#df0000}{boxed{a_n := 2^{lfloor n / 2 rfloor}}} .$$







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                The sequence is the powers of two, each repeated twice. We can encode the latter feature using the quantity $lfloor frac{n}{2} rfloor$, which has values $0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, ldots$.




                So, the sequence is given (for appropriate indexing) by $$color{#df0000}{boxed{a_n := 2^{lfloor n / 2 rfloor}}} .$$







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                  The sequence is the powers of two, each repeated twice. We can encode the latter feature using the quantity $lfloor frac{n}{2} rfloor$, which has values $0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, ldots$.




                  So, the sequence is given (for appropriate indexing) by $$color{#df0000}{boxed{a_n := 2^{lfloor n / 2 rfloor}}} .$$







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                  The sequence is the powers of two, each repeated twice. We can encode the latter feature using the quantity $lfloor frac{n}{2} rfloor$, which has values $0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, ldots$.




                  So, the sequence is given (for appropriate indexing) by $$color{#df0000}{boxed{a_n := 2^{lfloor n / 2 rfloor}}} .$$








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