#ATTENDANCE QUIZ FOR LECTURE 9 of Dr. Z.'s Math454(02) Rutgers University # Please Edit this .txt page with Answers #Email ShaloshBEkhad@gmail.com #Subject: p9 #with an attachment called #p9FirstLast.txt #(e.g. p9DoronZeilberger.txt) #Right after finishing watching the lecture but no later than Oct. 6, 2020, 8:00pm THE NUMBER OF ATTENDANCE QUESTIONS WERE: 5 PLEASE LIST ALL THE QUESTIONS FOLLOWED, AFTER EACH BY THE ANSWER #ATTENDANCE Q. #1 for LECTURE 9 #Let a[i] be the ith digit of your RUID (if 0 make it 1), how many walks from 0 to 131 using a[3],a[5],a[9]? (192002142) --> 2,1,2 --> {1,2} #ANSWER to Q. #1: 1725375039079340637797070384 walks #ATTENDANCE Q. #2 for LECTURE 9 #Is that sequence in the OEIS? #ANSWER to Q. #2: Yes, and I found one with number A116975 after omitting the first couple of terms #ATTENDANCE Q. #3 for LECTURE 9 #(i) Find the coefficient of x^100 in the Taylor expansion of f(x)=1/(1-4*x-x^6) #(ii) Find the coefficient of x^101 in the Taylor expansion of f(x)=1/(1-4*x-x^6) #How far is a(100)/a(100) from the real root of 1-4*x-x^6? #ANSWER to Q. #3: # (i) 1644594257296515568488059327938971072084521685469936722570496 # (ii) 6579981121576468112367189280234473995254094130576501178758144 # The ratio is approx. 2*10^(-71) away from the positive real root of denom(f) #ATTENDANCE Q. #4 for LECTURE 9 #How many ways can a chess king walk from one corner of the chess board to the opposite corner? #ANSWER to Q. #4: DiagWalks2D({[1,0],[0,1],[1,1]},7)[8] = 48639 ways #ATTENDANCE Q. #5 for LECTURE 9 #Is that [rook] sequence in the OEIS? #ANSWER to Q. #5: Yes, this is in the OEIS. A051708: "Number of ways to move a chess rook from the lower left corner # to square (n,n), with the rook moving only up or right."