Consider an infinite sequence such that
If , find the maximum value of .
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a 2 a 3 = 1 − a 1 J = 1 − a 2 J = 1 − 1 − a 1 J J
Equivalently, we can write a n = 1 − a n J
So in order to get a 2 0 1 4 to be maximum we can take maximum possible value for a n possible.
so if we extrapolate it to infinity we get,
a ∞ = 1 − ( J / ( 1 − J / ( 1 − J … infinite terms ) ) ) ) )
Let the value be x so, we get
x = 1 − 3 / 2 0 x → 2 0 x 2 − 2 0 x + 3 = 0
solving for x , we get x = ( 5 + 1 0 ) / 1 0 and 5 = ( 1 0 ) ) / 1 0
for maximum value we take ( 5 + 1 0 ) / 1 0 = 0 . 8 1 6