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What comes next 3 7 10 11 12?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 10/17/2024

Any number can be the next number. It is easy to find a rule based on a polynomial of order 5 such that the first five numbers are as listed in the question and the next is the given number. There are also non-polynomial solutions. Short of reading the mind of the person who posed the question, there is no way of determining which of the infinitely many solutions is the "correct" one.

The simplest polynomial solution, using a polynomial of order 4, is

t(n) = (3*n^4 - 34*n^3 + 117*n^2 - 62*n + 48)/2 for n = 1, 2, 3, ...

Accordingly, n(6) = 18.

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