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Ok, I read up on difference calculus here: http://www.openmathtext.org/lecture_notes/difference_calculus_generating_functions.pdf after doing a google search for it. My next question is: Can difference calculus be used to determine the general term for an alternating sequence? For...

Thank you Edgar. How well known and extensive is this method? Is there anywhere I can go for additional reading materials on it?

To help me understand your solution, please show me how one would find the general term for the following sequences of numbers: 5, 24, 63, 140, 265, 450 4, -7, -26, -53, -88, -131 -1, -6, 3, 68, 255, 618 I derived these sequences from simple polynomials with positive powers and...

What are some of the methods of finding the general term of a sequence of numbers? for a sequence from n = 1 to n = 6 such as: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21 the general term is: n(n+1)/2. This is relatively easy to find using guess and check, however I was wondering if there was a general...