Consider the n x n determinant in which each entry on the main diagonal is a 2,

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Consider the n x n determinant


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in which each entry on the main diagonal is a 2, each entry on the two adjacent diagonals is a 1, and every other entry is zero.


(a) Expand along the first row to show that Bn = 2Bn-1 - Bn-2.


(b) Prove by induction on n that Bn = n + 1 for n ≥ 2.

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Differential Equations And Linear Algebra

ISBN: 9780134497181

4th Edition

Authors: C. Edwards, David Penney, David Calvis

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