"Thought Questions" to do before CMSC351

Consider the following:

	a1 = 1
	ai = 2afloor(a/2) + i


Problem 1: Use techniques from CMSC250 to prove that an>n.
Problem 2: Use techniques from CMSC250 to prove that an<n2.
Question: What does an actually equal?  We will see this in CMSC351.


Consider the following: a0 = 0 a1 = 1 ai = ai-1 + ai-2 Problem 1: Use techniques from CMSC250 to prove that an < 2n. Question: Let's assume that an is less than xn for some positive integer x. How could you use induction to solve for x? [Note: In class we briefly discussed the idea of computing Fibonacci numbers via a formula rather than iteration. Solving this and identifying its limitations is the key to continuing discussing that.]