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- ║ Lesson 7 Part 160 F-PC 3.5 Tutorial by Jack Brown ║
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Arithmetic Progression by Recursion │
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- Here is how the definition would look using MYSELF . I have added a
- line at the beginning of the word definition and at the end of the word
- definition to monitor the stack and status. Remove these lines when you
- understand what is going on.
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- VARIABLE A 3 A ! ( the 0th term )
- VARIABLE D 5 D ! ( the common difference )
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- : APN ( n nth)
- CR ." Entering " .S
- DUP IF ( n is not zero )
- 1- MYSELF D @ + \ Use RECURSE for F-PC
- ELSE ( n is zero )
- DROP A @
- THEN
- CR ." Leaving " .S ;
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- If you are using Laxen and Perry F83 or F-PC for the PC there is a
- different approach to making recursive definitions. You can simply
- declare a word to be recursive using the word RECURSIVE , and then you
- can use the word you are defining in its own definition. Here is F-PC
- version:
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- VARIABLE A 3 A ! ( the 0th term )
- VARIABLE D 5 D ! ( the common difference )
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- : APN ( n nth) RECURSIVE \ Recursive declaration
- CR ." Entering " .S
- DUP IF ( n is not zero )
- 1- APN D @ +
- ELSE ( n is zero )
- DROP A @
- THEN
- CR ." Leaving " .S ;
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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Recursive Definition of Geometric Progression │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- ║ Problem 7.11 ║
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- I didn't like the definition I was given for the geometric progression
- any better than the one I was given for the arithmetic progression ( you
- see it to is recursive). Here it is:
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- Definition 14.2013 A geometric progression is a sequence in which each
- term after the first is obtained by multiplying the same fixed number,
- called the common ratio, by the preceding term. Your homework: Write a
- recursive definition to compute the nth term of a geometric progression.
- Call the word GPN . Use G(0) = A for the first term. and R for the
- common ratio. With A = 3 and R = 2 your the geometric progression would
- be:
- 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, etc
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- The problem is to write a recursive definition to compute geometric
- progressions. Hints on homework problem:
- Here is the word algorithm for the geometric progression.
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- To find G(n):
- examine n:
- IF ( n is not zero )
- call myself with argument (n-1)
- and multiply the result by r, the common ratio.
- ELSE ( n is equal to zero )
- then the answer is just
- G(0) = a , the 0th term.
- End of algorithm:
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- The program would start as follows:
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- VARIABLE A 3 A ! ( The first term )
- VARIABLE R 2 R ! ( The common ratio )
- : GPN ( n nth) RECURSIVE ( if you are using L&P F83 )
- Opps, I just realized I'm doing your homework!
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- │ Please Move to Lesson 7 Part 170 │
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