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No solution from RSolve[ ] of two equations?

Posted 2 years ago

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I know

  1. S[n] is Sum[a[k], {k,1,n}]
  2. a[1]==1

I want to get the general solution of a[n] and S[n].

So I tried this one.enter image description here

But I can't get the answer. What can I do for this problem?

POSTED BY: Park Seong Hyun
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I do not understand what S_k...(*) means. Maybe this approach is helpful:

s[n_] := Sum[a[i], {i, 1, n}]
ss[n_] := Sum[(n - i + 1) a[i], {i, 1, n}]
(* your equation: *)
eqn[n_] := (n + 1) s[n + 1] == Log[2, n + 2] + ss[n]
nMax = 10;  (* as an example *)
vars = Table[a[n], {n, 1, nMax + 1}];
equations = Table[eqn[n], {n, 0, nMax}];
(* solutions: *)
Solve[equations, vars]

Though not rigorous according to this it seems that $$ a[n]= -\frac{\log(n) - \log(n+1)}{n \log(2)} $$ is the general solution.

POSTED BY: Henrik Schachner

Oh. Thank you very much. Your approach is helpful for me.

POSTED BY: Park Seong Hyun

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POSTED BY: Moderation Team

Looking at your equations eqn[ n ] (in Henriks notation). expanding them (by hand ) and and forming the difference eqn[ j + 1 ] - eqn [ j ] you arrive at

( j + 2 ) a[ j + 2 ] == Log[ ( j + 3 ) / ( j + 2 ) ] / Log[ 2 ]

and therefore

a[ j_] := Log[(1 + j)/j]/(j Log[2])
POSTED BY: Hans Dolhaine
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