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From: lvc@cbscd5.UUCP (Larry Cipriani)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Iteration problem
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Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 11:47:58 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 28 11:47:58 1983
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Can anyone find a clever solution to the following problem?  I haven't.

Given:	Y(n) = Y(n-1) - X(n-1)
	X(n) = X(n-1) - X(n-1)*X(n-1)/Y(n-1)

Choose X(1) so as to maximize X(8) for Y(1) = 4

Larry Cipriani
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