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How do we graph sequences

asked 7 years ago

Ellis Shamash gravatar image

For example def agen(max=Infinity): n = 1 an = 1 while n <= max: yield an n += 1 an = (an + 1)/an^2

a = agen(10) for i in a: print i.n() The above print the sequence, but how do I graph it.

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answered 7 years ago

vdelecroix gravatar image

Simpler

A = [(-1)^n/n for n in range(1,20)]
list_plot(A)
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Thank you very much.

Ellis Shamash gravatar imageEllis Shamash ( 7 years ago )
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answered 7 years ago

fidbc gravatar image

updated 7 years ago

tl; dr

point2d(enumerate(agen(10),1))

Here is one possibility. Suppose A contains the terms of the sequence and we assume they are labelled starting at 1.

A = [(-1)^n/n for n in range(1,20)]
pts = [(i,ai) for i,ai in enumerate(A,1)]
point2d(pts)

The idea is to construct a list of points that consists of ordered pairs (i,ai) to be sent as an argument to point2d.

In your case you may be able to construct A as follows:

A = [ai for ai in agen(10)]

Perhaps you could skip that part and directly construct the list of points:

pts = [(i,ai) for i,ai in enumerate(agen(10),1)]

If we are confident enough, then we may just skip all steps and arrive at:

point2d(enumerate(agen(10),1))
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Thank you very much.

Ellis Shamash gravatar imageEllis Shamash ( 7 years ago )

Feel free to upvote/accept answers if you found them useful.

fidbc gravatar imagefidbc ( 7 years ago )

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