Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

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High School

Recurrence Relations - 'Counting Backwards' (HiMAP)

Author: Margaret Cozzens and Richard Porter


Introduce students to difference equations by showing their unique application to computer science. HiMAP Module 2.

HiMAP library now available on CD-ROM product no. 7593

Table of Contents:

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION

SECTION 2: THE FIBONACCI PROBLEM

SECTION 3: CARBON-DATING

SECTION 4: SOLVING RECURRENCE RELATIONS - ITERATION

SECTION 5: ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER ALGORITHMS

SECTION 6: SOLVING RECURRENCE RELATIONS - CHARACTERISTIC ROOTS

REFERENCES

GLOSSARY

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HiMAP
50 pages

Mathematics Topics:

  • Algebra ,
  • Computer Science ,
  • Difference Equations

Application Areas:

  • Physical Sciences

Prerequisites:

Algebraic operations, exponents, logarithms, solution of quadratic equations

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