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Re: Traders joking ...

wojtek, Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:52 pm

so, a morning exercise :D

And its solution:
1 + a_n = 1 + 1/(2 + a_(n-1))
however, in the limit n -> Infinity,
we have a_n = a_(n-1). Lets define it to be 'a'.
So, a = 1/(2 + a), that is a^2 + 2 a - 1 = 0
which gives a = +/- sqrt(2) - 1
thus 1 + a = +/- sqrt(2), but the solution with
the minus sign should be rejected as the expression is
obviously positive, so we obtain sqrt(2).
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