SEQUENCES & SERIES

Miguel Pérez Fontenla, Nov 2009

1,2,3,4,5,.....
...6,7,8,......
 n
Natural numbers
 2,4,6,8,.....
...10,12,14......
 2n
Even numbers
 1,3,5,7,.....
...9,11,13......
 2n  1
Odd numbers
4,7,10,13,.....
...16,19,22......
 3n  1
Multiple of three plus one
2,4,8,16,.....
...32,64,128.....
2  n

Powers of two
1,2,4,8,16,.....
...32,64,128.....
2  n1

Powers of two
1,3,9,27,.....
...81,243,.....
3  n1

Powers of three
2,5,10,17,.....
...26,37,.....
 n  1
2

n squared plus one

1,8,27,64,.....
...125,216,.....
n  3

n cubed
2,6,12,20,.....
...56,72,90,.....
 n  n  1 
n multiplied by n minus one
 1 1 3 
 , , ,....
2 2 2 
 5 7 9 
..., , , ,....
 2 2 2 
 2n  3 
 
 2 
two times n minus three divided by two
-1,1,-1,1,.....
...-1,1,-1,1,.....
 1 
n

minus one to the power of n

1,-1,1,-1,.....
...1,-1,1,-1,.....
 1 
n1

minus one to the power of n plus one

 2 4 6 8 
 , , , ....
1 3 5 7 
 10 12 14 
..., , , ,....
 9 11 13 
 2n 
 
 2n  1 
two times n divided by two times n minus one
and....
Other series
not so easy
 1,0,1,0,1.....
...0,1,0,1.....
1 if n odd 1   1
n 1

an   
0 if n even 2
 1,1,2,3,5.....
...8,13,21,.....
 1 if n = 1
an  
an 1  an  2 if n > 1

Fibonacci Sequence
 81,27,9,.....
...3,1,1/3,.....
 1 
 n5 
3 
on divided by 3 to the power of n minus five
 2,3,5,7,11,.....
...13,17,19,23.....

prime numbers
0,1,4,6,8,9,10,.....
...12,14,15,16.....

no prime numbers
 2,-4,6,-8.....
...10,-12,14,...
  1 n 1
2n 
minus one to the power of n plus one multiplied by two times n
 81 27 9 3
, , , ,...
16 8 4 2

2 4 8  
n 5
 2  
1, , , ...   
3 9 16   3  

two thirds to the power of n minus five
 1 2
, , 2,...
4 2

 2 2
  
n1

 
4 2,16,32 2,...  
 4 
 
two tine 2 squared to the power of n minus one
divided by four
and now....
Funny series
 a,b,d,g,k.....
...p,v,...

following the sequence 1,2,4,7,11,16,22

 O,T,T,F,F,S,S.....
...,E,N,T

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten....
 M,T,W,T,F.....
...S,S

Week days
M,V,E,M,J.....

...S,N,U,P

Planets Solar System

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus,
Pluto
F,S,T,F,F,S,S.....,E,N,T
 J,F,M,A,M,J,J.....
...,A,S,O,N,D
31,28,31,30,31,...
Lengths of months in days

...30,31,31,..
 2,2,4,4,2,6,6,2,8,...
Table of two

...8,2,10,...
5,4,2,9,8,6,...
Alphabetic Order In Spanish

...7,3,1
2,10,12,16,17,18,19,200...

...201,202,..

In Spanish they start by the “D” letter:

Dos, diez, doce, dieciseis,
diecisiete,dieciocho,diecinueve,doscientos....
2,3,6,16,22,23,26,32,33...

...36,42,43,46,..

In Spanish they finish with the “S” letter:

Dos, tres, seis, dieciseis, veintidos, veintitres, veintiseis,
treinta y dos ....