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Expand the following: 1/(1 - x - x^2) and explain the reason it generates the coefficients that it does. Why? I don't understand it. Thanks for help.

 Jul 13, 2016
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11xx2Step 1

=1(x1+52)(x152)Step 2

=x+1+52(x1+52)(x+1+52)×x+152(x152)(x+152)Step 3

=2x+1+52x2(3+5)×2x+152x2(35)Step 4

=((2x+1)+5)((2x+1)5)((2x23)5)(((2x23)+5))Step 5

=(2x+1)252(2x23)252Step 6

=4x2+4x+154x412x2+95Step 7

=4x2+4x44x412x2+4Step 8

=x2+x4x43x2+1

The coefficient is generated because the denominator of the 2 fractions in step 3 involves a fraction with denominator 2. So that 2 is multiplied in step 4 so the coefficient is generated.

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 Jul 14, 2016
edited by MaxWong  Jul 14, 2016
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MaxWong: Your "solution" is more confusing than non-solution!. That is NOT how you expand a generating series:

 

Series expansion at x=0:

1+x+2 x^2+3 x^3+5 x^4+8 x^5+13 x^6+21 x^7+34 x^8+55 x^9+89 x^10+...........etc.
(Taylor series)
(converges when abs(x)<1/2 (-1+sqrt(5))),

 

The coefficients form:1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89..........looks familiar?? Fibonacci sequence!.

But, I don't know "Why".

 Jul 14, 2016

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