OCR MEI Further Extra Pure 2020 November — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Extra Pure (Further Extra Pure)
Year2020
SessionNovember
TopicSequences and Series

3 A sequence is defined by the recurrence relation \(u _ { n + 2 } = 4 u _ { n + 1 } - 5 u _ { n }\) for \(n \geqslant 0\), with \(u _ { 0 } = 0\) and \(u _ { 1 } = 1\).
  1. Find an exact real expression for \(u _ { n }\) in terms of \(n\) and \(\theta\), where \(\tan \theta = \frac { 1 } { 2 }\). A sequence is defined by \(v _ { n } = a ^ { \frac { 1 } { 2 } n } u _ { n }\) for \(n \geqslant 0\), where \(a\) is a positive constant.
  2. In each of the following cases, describe the behaviour of \(v _ { n }\) as \(n \rightarrow \infty\).
    • \(a = 0.1\)
    • \(a = 0.2\)
    • \(a = 1\)