I have some trouble with defining a sequence from a recurrence in Wolfram Alpha.
If I type u(n+1) = (2^(u(n)))/(n+1), u(0) = 1
, Wolfram seems to understand what I mean, and gives the correct first terms:
n | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
u(n) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.33333 | 0.629961
However, when I type u(n+1) = (3^(u(n)))/(n+1), u(0) = 1
(the only difference is the 2 being replaced by a 3), then I get totally unexpected results:
n | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
u(n) | 0.6 | 0.322197 | 0.20353 | 0.156321 | 0.131929
How can u(0) = 0.6 when I give u(0) = 1? I would have expected to get 1, 3^1/1=3, 3^3/2, etc. in the same way that the first sequence values were 1, 2^1/1 = 2, 2^2/2 = 2, 2^2/3 = 1.33333 etc.
What am I doing wrong, and how to explain the result in the second case?
Thanks!