OCR Further Additional Pure AS 2019 June — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Additional Pure AS (Further Additional Pure AS)
Year2019
SessionJune
TopicSequences and Series

4 The sequence \(\left\{ \mathrm { u } _ { \mathrm { n } } \right\}\) is defined by \(u _ { 1 } = 1\) and \(\mathrm { u } _ { \mathrm { n } + 1 } = 2 \mathrm { u } _ { \mathrm { n } } + \mathrm { n } ^ { 2 }\) for \(\mathrm { n } \geqslant 1\).
Determine \(u _ { n }\) as a function of \(n\).