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Apr15-05, 12:20 AM   #1
 

Root sequence question


For the recursive sequence
[tex] R_n = x + \sqrt {x - \sqrt {R_{n - 2} } } [/tex]
[tex] R_0 = x = k^2 - k + 1 [/tex]

[tex] \forall k \in \mathbb{N},\;k > 1 [/tex] why does [tex] \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } R_n = k^2 [/tex] ??
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