A Class of Stationary Sequences

Abstract

We define a class of sequences ${a_n}$ by $a_1=a$ and $a_{n+1}=P(a_n)$, where $P(x)$ is a polynomial with real coefficients. We then find out for which values $a$ and for which polynomials $P(x)$ these sequences will be constant after a certain rank. Then we generalize it from polynomials $P(x)$ to real functions $f(x)$.

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