Description  

This book is about arithmetic and geometric sequences, and their applications. Many people apply the principles of number sequences in their daily lives without recognizing them. This book introduces these principles and shows how they solve concrete problems. Sequences have important applications in communication systems, global positioning systems, software testing, cryptography, computer simulation, and stream ciphers. For many students these tools and the algorithms used to develop them will be as fundamental in their professional work as the tools of mathematical analysis. For this reason, this book goes beyond a purely analytical approach to sequences, and draws on techniques and examples from applied math and mathematical modeling. The language of the book is student-friendly more than purely mathematical. Each section in the book is followed by plenty of exercises. The book follows a linear approach, with material in the latter sections building on concepts and maths covered previously in the text.

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