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I guess that's why it was giving me so much trouble. Thanks.

I have a programming assignment to fill an array with this series: 1,4, 9, 25, 36, …. The problem is I don't know what this series is so I can't write the program. Can anyone help?

I understand that part but where does the four come from?

5^(n+1) - 1 = 4*5^n + 5^n -1 ?? This is what my book says but it does not show the math in between the steps so i can't seem to grasp it. Anyone want to show me how they are equal?

Don't both equations have to have both unknowns in them to solve them using a realation?

Thanks I appreciate it.

I didn't really know where to put this so, I put it here. Anyway in discreet mathematics what does the term max{x,y} mean? I can't find it in the book anywhere and the problem I'm trying to do says: max{x,y} = (x+y+|x-y|)/2 for all real x,y Note: I'm not asking you to do the problem I just...