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1.5.13 Recurrence Equations

RSolve[eqns, a[n], n] solve the recurrence equations eqns for a[n]

Solving recurrence equations.
This solves a simple recurrence equation.

In[1]:=  RSolve[{a[n] Equal 3 a[n-1]+1, a[1]Equal1}, a[n], n]

Out[1]=



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