What's the difference between arithmetic, geometric, harmonic and Fabonacci sequences?
Selena Cowan
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2022-01-25
What's the difference between arithmetic, geometric, harmonic and Fabonacci sequences?
Answer & Explanation
sjkuzy5
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2022-01-26Added 11 answers
A sequence is called an arythmetic sequence if the difference of the term and the previous term is always the same.
For example,
the constant difference, generally denoted by (d) is called the common difference.
Ex. is an arythmetic sequence, whose first term is and the common difference is equal to
A sequence is called a geometric sequence if for all n.
Ex. the sequence is a geometric sequence, because , which is constant.
A sequence is harmonic when each term is harmonic mean of the neighboring terms.
For example, , here
Ex.
here, (first term)
(common difference)
The Fibonacci sequence starts like this:
Each number is the sum of the two numbers that precede it.
Jaiden Conrad
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2022-01-27Added 14 answers
Arithmetic sequence is a sequence where the difference between two consecutive terms is constant while a geometric sequence is a sequence where the ratio between two consecutive terms is constant.