Question

List the first 5 terms given by the sequence
a_1 = 1
a_n+1 = (a_n + 1)/a_n

Answer 1

surely by the time you are doing calculus, you can evaluate the terms of a sequence when given the formula ...
a_2 = (a_1 + 1)/a_1 = (1+1)/1 = 2
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